Mitochondrial genome evolution in parasitic plants [PDF]
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2019 Background Parasitic plants rely on their host to cover their nutritional requirements either for their entire life or a smaller part of it. Depending on the level of parasitism, a proportional reduction on the plastid genome has been found.
Athanasios Zervas +2 more
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Invited Review Beyond parasitic convergence: unravelling the evolution of the organellar genomes in holoparasites [PDF]
Annals of Botany, 2023 M Virginia Sanchez-Puerta +2 more
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Japonolirion osense, a close relative of the mycoheterotrophic genus Petrosavia, exhibits complete autotrophic capabilities [PDF]
BMC Plant BiologyThe plant kingdom exhibits a diversity of nutritional strategies, extending beyond complete autotrophy. In addition to full mycoheterotrophs and holoparasites, it is now recognized that a greater number of green plants than previously assumed use partly ...
Tomáš Figura +8 more
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Holoparasitic plant–host interactions and their impact on Mediterranean ecosystems [PDF]
Plant Physiology, 2021 Abstract Although photosynthesis is essential to sustain life on Earth, not all plants use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water. Holoparasitic plants, which are important in agricultural and natural ecosystems, are dependent on other plants for nutrients.
Andrea Casadesús, Sergi Munné-Bosch
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Orobanche dominae (Orobanchaceae), a new species described from Tunisia, North Africa
Mediterranean Botany, 2022 Orobanche dominae El Mokni (section Orobanche L.) is described and illustrated as a new species to science, endemic to central-eastern Tunisia, North Africa.
Ridha El Mokni
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Distribution patterns and influencing factors of different parasitic angiosperm types in China
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021 Parasitic plants are widely distributed in major biomes. They can be categorized into root parasites and stem parasites in terms of parasitic sites or divided into hemiparasites and holoparasites according to the degree of nutritional dependence on their
Ruoyan Jiang, Guangfu Zhang
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Extreme plastomes in holoparasitic Balanophoraceae are not the norm
BMC Genomics, 2023 Abstract Background Balanophoraceae plastomes are known for their highly condensed and re-arranged nature alongside the most extreme nucleotide compositional bias known to date, culminating in two independent reconfigurations of their genetic code.
Woorin Kim +7 more
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Understanding the evolution of holoparasitic plants: the complete plastid genome of the holoparasiteCytinus hypocistis(Cytinaceae) [PDF]
Annals of Botany, 2016 Background and Aims Plant plastid genomes are highly conserved in size, gene content and structure; however, parasitic plants are a noticeable exception to this evolutionary stability. Although the evolution of parasites could help to better understand plastome evolution in general, complete plastomes of parasites have been sequenced only for some ...
Roquet, Christina +10 more
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The Physiological Effect of a Holoparasite Over a Cactus Along an Environmental Gradient [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Echinopsis chiloensis is an endemic cactus from Chile, distributed in a temperature and rainfall gradient between 30° and 35° South latitude, with mean temperatures increasing and precipitation decreasing toward the north. It is the main host of the mistletoe Tristerix aphyllus, a holoparasite completely dependent on the cactus for water, carbon, and ...
Carmen Gloria Ossa +6 more
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Transformation and regeneration of the holoparasitic plant Phelipanche aegyptiaca [PDF]
Plant Methods, 2011 Transformation and subsequent regeneration of holoparasitic plants has never been reported, in part due to challenges in developing transformation protocols, but also because regeneration of obligate parasites is difficult since their survival depends completely on successful haustorium penetration of a host and the formation of vascular connections ...
Fernández-Aparicio, Mónica +4 more
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