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Effects of Benzoquinones on Radicles of Orobanche and Phelipanche Species

Plants, 2021
The holoparasitic broomrape weeds (Orobanche and Phelipanche species) cause severe yield losses throughout North Africa, the Middle East, and Southern and Eastern Europe. These parasitic weeds form an haustorium at the tip of their radicles to infect the
Mónica Fernández-Aparicio, Marco Masi, Alessio Cimmino, Antonio Evidente   +3 more
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Fruit use and fruit processing by euphonias, specialized avian frugivores

Oikos, Volume 2026, Issue 9, September 2026.
Euphonias (Neotropical passerines in the genera Euphonia and Chlorophonia) form the quintessential example of a specialized avian frugivore, combining a high reliance on fruit as food and the restriction of fruit taxa exploited. To understand their specialization, we explored the integration of fruit morphological and nutritional traits with their ...
Marco A. Pizo, Paulo H. A. Camargo, Ana C. Crestani, Tobias N. Rojas   +3 more
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Solar farms can mitigate negative impacts of whiplash weather on plant communities in a dryland ecosystem

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 5, Page 1778-1791, September 2026.
Utility‐scale solar energy (USSE) development generates novel questions regarding coupling clean energy production with terrestrial ecosystem services (e.g., forage production, pollinator support). We found that a USSE array sited in a fallowed cropland maintained a reseeded native plant community even a decade post‐restoration and that the array ...
Caitlin Robertson, Amanda Gersoff, Seeta Sistla   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gene loss and genome rearrangement in the plastids of five Hemiparasites in the family Orobanchaceae

BMC Plant Biology, 2018
Background The chloroplast genomes (plastome) of most plants are highly conserved in structure, gene content, and gene order. Parasitic plants, including those that are fully photosynthetic, often contain plastome rearrangements.
Daniel C. Frailey, Srinivasa R. Chaluvadi, Justin N. Vaughn, Caroline G. Coatney, Jeffrey L. Bennetzen   +4 more
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Vestigial Plastids in Parasitic Plants: Evolutionary Remnants or Adaptive Innovations?

Plant, Cell &Environment, Volume 49, Issue 8, Page 5401-5420, August 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

INTERRELATION BETWEEN MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME ACTIVITY AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF SECONDARY POLYPHENOL NATURE METABOLITES IN HEMIPARASITE VISCUM ALBUM L. LEAVES

Фармация и фармакология (Пятигорск), 2022
Antioxidants are widely used in practical medicine. Not only the search for new plant antioxidants, but also the study of the factors affecting their accumulation in plants, are relevant.The aim is to study the interrelation between the activity of ...
S. L. Adzhiakhmetova, D. I. Pozdnyakov, N. M. Chervonnaya, E. O. Kulichenko, E. T. Oganesyan   +4 more
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A global review of mistletoe frugivory and seed dispersal: The plant perspective

Plant Biology, Volume 28, Issue 5, Page 1303-1314, August 2026.
We reviewed studies on mistletoe frugivory and seed dispersal worldwide. Although mistletoes are relatively well studied, major taxonomic, geographic, and methodological gaps remain. We conclude that modern technologies offer new opportunities to address long‐standing but still poorly explored questions about these interactions.
R. F. Fadini, M. A. Pizo, F. E. Fontúrbel, E. Cazetta   +3 more
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Flora diversity in Duyen Hai town of Tra Vinh

Tạp chí Khoa học Đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh - Kỹ thuật và Công nghệ, 2018
The study investigated the floral diversity in Duyen Hai town of Tra Vinh province and recorded 273 species, 209 genera and 78 families belonging to the two high-rank phyla of vascular plants including Lycopodiophyta and Magnoliophyta.
Đặng Văn Sơn, Hoàng Nghĩa Sơn, Trần Văn Tiến, Nguyễn Văn Tú   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ecology and Diversity of Angiosperm Parasites and Their Host Plants along Elevation Gradient in Al-Baha Region, Saudi Arabia

Diversity, 2023
The ecology and diversity of flowering parasitic plants and their hosts are poorly investigated and usually ignored in Saudi Arabian plant communities. Therefore, this work aimed at assessing the ecology and diversity of parasitic plants and their hosts ...
Sami Asir Al-Robai
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Stoichiometric mismatches between Australian showy mistletoes and their hosts: You are what you assimilate

Ecosphere, Volume 17, Issue 7, July 2026.
Abstract Ecological stoichiometry emphasizes that mismatches between the elemental composition of organisms and their resources can shape ecological interactions, evolutionary trajectories, and nutrient cycling. For hemiparasitic plants such as mistletoes, which draw water and nutrients from hosts while maintaining their own photosynthesis, such ...
Luis Y. Santiago‐Rosario, Kyle E. Harms, Sarah Mathews   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source