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The endophyte’s endophytes: the microbial partners of the endangered plant parasite Rafflesia speciosa (Rafflesiaceae) reveal clues about its cryptic biology and cues for cultivation

Journal of Plant Interactions
Rafflesia is an endangered endophytic holoparasitic plant that lives the majority of its life inside the tissues of its sole plant host, Tetrastigma. Rafflesia floral buds emerge to produce the world’s largest single flower.
Jeanmaire Molina, Roche C. de Guzman, Adhityo Wicaksono, Theodore Muth, Ronniel Pedales, Denia Diaz, Ali Budhi Kusuma, Chloe Li, Hudson Margolis, Feruza Karnitskiy, Alysa Estopace, Patricia Atanelov, Max Bukhbinder, Danilo Tandang, John Rey Callado, Joseph W. Morin, Ian Fontanilla, Destiny Davis, Stephen Jones, Mick Erickson, James Adams, Kyle Wallick, David Kidwell-Slak, Ari Novy, Susan Pell   +24 more
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Complete chloroplast genomes of the hemiparasitic genus Cymbaria: Insights into comparative analysis, development of molecular markers, and phylogenetic relationships [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
The hemiparasitic tribe Cymbarieae (Orobanchaceae) plays a crucial role in elucidating the initial stage of the transition from autotrophism to heterotrophism. However, the complete chloroplast genome of the type genus Cymbaria has yet to be reported. In
Yang Ma, Jordi López‐Pujol, Dongqing Yan, Zhen Zhou, Zekun Deng, Jianming Niu   +5 more
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Genome and Single-Cell Transcriptome Reveal the Evolution of Holoparasitic Plants: A Case Study of Cistanche deserticola. [PDF]

Plant Biotechnol J
ABSTRACT The Orobanchaceae family, the largest group of parasitic plants, spans a complete spectrum from autotrophic to holoparasitic species. As a typical endangered holoparasitic species within this family, Cistanche deserticola is a parasitic plant that is widely harvested for traditional medicine in desertic regions, and of growing importance as a ...
Zhang X, Miao Y, Xing Y, Zhang G, Zhang M, Thorogood CJ, Chen S, Huang L.   +7 more
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Seed endophytic bacteria are involved in metal adaptation of Orobanche lutea: community dynamics and plant growth promotion traits [PDF]

BMC Plant Biology
Background Parasitic plants are affected by various abiotic stressors including water and drought stress, fluctuations or extremes of temperature, salinity, mineral deficiencies or toxic concentrations of heavy metals in soils.
Kristine Petrosyan, Sofie Thijs, Tomasz Krucon, Renata Piwowarczyk, Karolina Wiśniewska, Wiesław Kaca, Jaco Vangronsveld   +6 more
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Identification of seeds of Phelipanche ramosa, Phelipanche mutelii and Orobanche cumana in the soils from different agricultural regions in Bulgaria by molecular markers

Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 2019
Broomrapes are root holoparasites from Orobanchaceae family parasitizing other flowering plants. Several of the most aggressive broomrape species are widely spread in Bulgaria often causing serious yield losses of important crops.
Ina Kirilova, Tsveta Hristeva, Iliya Denev   +2 more
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The water relations and xylem attributes of albino redwood shoots (Sequioa sempervirens (D. Don.) Endl.). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Plants that lack chlorophyll are rare and typically restricted to holoparasites that obtain their carbon, water and mineral resources from a host plant.
Jarmila Pittermann, Joshua Cowan, Nathan Kaufman, Alex Baer, Elaine Zhang, David Kuty   +5 more
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Cytonuclear evolution in fully heterotrophic plants: lifestyles and gene function determine scenarios [PDF]

BMC Plant Biology
Background Evidence shows that full mycoheterotrophs and holoparasites often have reduced plastid genomes with rampant gene loss, elevated substitution rates, and deeply altered to conventional evolution in mitochondrial genomes, but mechanisms of ...
Xuelian Guo, Hanchen Wang, Dongliang Lin, Yajun Wang, Xiaohua Jin   +4 more
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Secrets within stems: The cryptic Apodanthes caseariae (Apodanthaceae), a rare neotropical holoendoparasite

Plants, People, Planet
Societal Impact Statement Holoendoparasites are extremely rare plants that live entirely hidden inside their hosts, with only flowers and fruits visible.
Jessica A. Ramírez‐Ramírez, Favio González, Estefanía Elejalde‐Baena, Juan F. Alzate, Natalia Pabón‐Mora   +4 more
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Cytoskeleton in the Parasitic Plant Cuscuta During Germination and Prehaustorium Formation

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018
Although cytoskeleton is a driving force for cell division and growth in higher plants, there is little evidence about its components in parasitic angiosperms.
Peter Kaštier, Yuliya A. Krasylenko, Yuliya A. Krasylenko, Michaela Martinčová, Emmanuel Panteris, Jozef Šamaj, Alžbeta Blehová   +6 more
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First reports and generic descriptions of the achlorophyllous holoparasites Apodanthaceae (Cucurbitales) of Colombia

Actualidades Biológicas, 2014
The Apodanthaceae (Cucurbitales) are one of the 12 parasitic clades of flowering plants and the only holoparasitic family with a vegetative phase entirely endophytic, growing primarily on Fabaceae and Salicaceae stems.
Favio González, Natalia Pabón-Mora
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