Vestigial Plastids in Parasitic Plants: Evolutionary Remnants or Adaptive Innovations?
Plant, Cell &Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Throughout the evolutionary history of plants, chloroplasts originating from a cyanobacterial endosymbiosis have undergone remarkable adaptation and specialization, giving rise to a multitude of plastid types. The evolution toward parasitism in plants represents a particularly extreme case of such specialization.
Laia Jené, Sergi Munné‐Bosch
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Parasitic Cuscuta factor(s) and the detection by tomato initiates plant defense
Communicative & Integrative Biology, 2016 Dodders (Cuscuta spp.) are holoparasitic plants that enwind stems of host plants and penetrate those by haustoria to connect to the vascular bundles. Having a broad host plant spectrum, Cuscuta spp infect nearly all dicot plants – only cultivated tomato ...
Ursula Fürst +5 more
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Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021 Cuscuta gronovii Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. is a parasitic plant and widely distributed in Europe and North America. Here, we compared the plastome sequences of a C.
Yang Ni +5 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Karyotypes are characterized by traits such as chromosome number, which can change through whole-genome duplication and dysploidy. In the parasitic plant genus Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae), chromosome numbers vary more than 18-fold.
Amalia Ibiapino +6 more
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Evolutionary History and Taxonomy of the \u3cem\u3eCuscuta umbellata\u3c/em\u3e complex (Convolvulaceae): Evidence of Extensive Hybridization from Discordant Nuclear and Plastid Phylogenies [PDF]
, 2010 The Cuscuta umbellata complex is one of the 15 major clades recently circumscribed in C. subg. Grammica. Most of its members occur in North AMerican and the Caribbean (C. desmouliniana, C. lacerata, C. lacerata, C. leptantha, C.
Costea, Mihai, Stefanović, Saša
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Inhibition of Pectin Methyl Esterase Activity By Green Tea Catechins [PDF]
, 2008 Pectin methyl esterases (PMEs) and their endogenous inhibitors are involved in the regulation of many processes in plant physiology, ranging from tissue growth and fruit ripening to parasitic plant haustorial formation and host invasion.
Chen Shahar +5 more
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Induced defence by a root hemiparasite increases host plant resistance against future infection
Plant Biology, EarlyView.Infection by root hemiparasites can increase mortality of parasites during future infection, indicating induced host defence mechanisms. Abstract European grassland plants are frequently attacked by root hemiparasites. However, little is known about host defence responses to parasitism.
S. C. Wanke, D. Matthies
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Large-scale gene losses underlie the genome evolution of parasitic plant Cuscuta australis
Nature Communications, 2018 Dodders (Cuscuta spp., Convolvulaceae) are root- and leafless parasitic plants. Here, the authors sequence the genome of Cuscuta australis and find remarkable gene loss associated with parasitic lifestyle and large changes in body plan.
Guiling Sun +14 more
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European mistletoe shares a similar demographic strategy with non‐parasitic plants
Journal of Ecology, Volume 114, Issue 5, May 2026.European mistletoe (Viscum album) does not have a distinct demographic strategy from non‐parasitic plants, as quantified by time‐based life history traits. We found that mistletoe vital rates were driven by mistletoe size and position in the host tree.
Oliver G. Spacey +8 more
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Tinjauan Kembali* (Review Sebuah Tinjauan Tentang Parasit Tali Putri (Cuscuta Spp.) Dan Pengendaliannya [a Review of Dodder (Cuscuta Spp.) and Its Control] [PDF]
, 2003 Cuscuta species are parasitic seed plants with twining stems, that coil and fasten to host plants with attachments called haustoria.The Cuscuta stem forms the haustorial coil around the host.Several species of Cuscuta are troublesome parasites on ...
Sunaryo, S. (Sunaryo)
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