The holoparasitic plant genus Cuscuta comprises a range of species whose plastid genomes have different degrees of reductions in their coding capacity. In this study, four Cuscuta species, Cuscuta ...

• The parasitic genus Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae) is exceptional among plants with respect to centromere organization, including both monocentric and holocentric chromosomes, and substantial variation in ...

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České Budějovice/Gatersleben, 27.01.2020 Whenever the European dodder, Cuscuta europaea, is under scientific scrutiny, it usually is due to its lack of ...

The plant genus Cuscuta consists of more than 200 species that can be found almost all over the world. The parasites, known as dodder, but also called wizard's net, devil's hair or strangleweed, feed ...

In a rare find, researchers have found a new species of a parasitic herb, Cuscuta janarthanamii, from a lateritic plateau in the scenic village of Honda in Sattari. The researchers have named the ...

Answer: In order to fully address your question, I have consulted with New Mexico State University Weed Specialist Leslie Beck. Those golden strands are from a climbing parasitic plant commonly known ...

Q: Do all plants need sunlight? A: Plants do need sunlight or other light sources to power the chemical reactions of photosynthesis and make food for themselves. But some plants rely on others to make ...

Researchers have investigated how the parasitic dodder Cuscuta australis controls flower formation. They showed that the parasite eavesdrops on the flowering signals of its host plants in order to ...