About 1% of flowering plants (around 4,000 species) are parasitic. Read on to discover 10 interesting examples of parasitic plants, where they can be found and how they steal nutrients from other ...

But for every rule there is an exception. Some plants are non-photosynthetic and parasitic, obtaining their food through a host. All parasitic plants have special organs called haustoria that ...

Researchers report the first example of large-scale RNA-based communication between species—a parasitic plant and two of its hosts. Amid cuts to federal funding, US universities tighten budgets, ...

UC Riverside scientists discovered how to make parasitic weeds die early using plant hormones. This method could help farmers ...

Parasitic weeds are ruthless freeloaders, stealing nutrients from crops and devastating harvests. But what if farmers could trick these invaders into self-destructing? Scientists at UC Riverside think ...

Revealing a sensitive germination receptor in parasitic plants brings researchers closer to eradicating a major source of African crop damage and food insecurity. From summer to autumn in sub ...

which other workers have noted in cells of other plant organs attacked by parasites or under the influence of other destructive agents, also occur in leaf tissues when attacked by the parasitic fungi ...