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Lectotypifications and taxonomic changes in the holoparasitic Orobanchaceae

Nordic Journal of Botany, Volume 2026, Issue 8, August 2026.
Based on further extensive studies of specimens in various herbaria, lectotypes are designated for many taxa of holoparasitic Orobanchaceae. In particular, 47 names in the genera Boschniakia (incl. Xylanche), Cistanche, Orobanche, Phelipanche and Phelypaea are lectotypified.
Holger Uhlich, Stefan Rätzel, Óscar Sánchez Pedraja, Renata Piwowarczyk, Valerio Lazzeri, Patrice Descombes   +5 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
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Genome and Single‐Cell Transcriptome Reveal the Evolution of Holoparasitic Plants: A Case Study of Cistanche deserticola

Plant Biotechnology Journal, Volume 24, Issue 4, Page 2226-2240, April 2026.
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 ...
Xinke Zhang, Yujing Miao, Yuanyuan Xing, Guoshuai Zhang, Meiqiao Zhang, Chris J. Thorogood, Shilin Chen, Linfang Huang   +7 more
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Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis (Glomus intraradice) on Egyptian Broomrape (Orobanche aegyptiaca. Pers) in Cultivated Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)

Majallah-i ḥifāẓat-i giyāhān, 2017
Introduction: Mycorrhizal symbiosis is one of the most popular and highest symbiotic relationship in plant kingdom. Most plants (about 80% of vascular plant species) have at least one type of mycorrhiza.
mojtaba zafarian, ali tadayyn
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Commodity risk assessment of Vitis spp. plants from Moldova

EFSA Journal, Volume 24, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract The European Commission requests EFSA to provide scientific opinions in the field of plant health in accordance with Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002. Annex VI of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 lists plants, plant products and other objects whose introduction into the Union from certain third countries is prohibited.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Antonio Vicent Civera, Paula Baptista, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Jaime Cubero, Nik Cunniffe, Eduardo de la Peña, Nicolas Desneux, Anna Filipiak, Paolo Gonthier, Beata Hasiów‐Jaroszewska, Hervé Jactel, Blanca B. Landa, Lara Maistrello, David Makowski, Panagiotis Milonas, Nikos T. Papadopoulos, Roel Potting, Hanna Susi, Dirk Jan van der Gaag, Pedro Gómez, Annemarie Fejer Justesen, Andrea Lucchi, Gregor Urek, Jonathan Yuen, Lucia Zappala, Umberto Bernardo, Giovanni Bubici, Anna Vittoria Carluccio, Michela Chiumenti, Francesco Di Serio, Elena Fanelli, Paraskevi Kariampa, Cristina Marzachì, Agata Kaczmarek, Louise Matic, Olaf Mosbach‐Schulz, Anna Berlin   +37 more
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Enhanced Host-Parasite Resistance Based on Down-Regulation of Phelipanche aegyptiaca Target Genes Is Likely by Mobile Small RNA

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017
RNA silencing refers to diverse mechanisms that control gene expression at transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels which can also be used in parasitic pathogens of plants that Broomrapes (Orobanche/Phelipanche spp.) are holoparasitic plants that ...
Neeraj K. Dubey, Hanan Eizenberg, Diana Leibman, Dalia Wolf, Menahem Edelstein, Jackline Abu-Nassar, Sally Marzouk, Amit Gal-On, Radi Aly   +8 more
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The seed transcriptome of Rafflesia reveals horizontal gene transfer and convergent evolution: Implications for conserving the world's largest flower

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 7, Issue 2, Page 448-466, March 2025.
Rafflesia is a genus of parasitic plants with the largest flowers in the world, unique to the threatened forest habitats of tropical Asia. Here, we report on genes that are active (the transcriptome) in Rafflesia seeds as part of a larger effort to understand Rafflesia.
Jeanmaire Molina, Adhityo Wicaksono, Todd P. Michael, Su‐Hwan Kwak, Ronniel D. Pedales, Zoé Joly‐Lopez, Semar Petrus, Allen Mamerto, Brian Tomek, Sumaya Ahmed, Venkatasivasankar Maddu, Kristina Yakubova, Danilo Tandang, Joseph W. Morin, So‐Yon Park, Hyun‐Oh Lee, William McLaughlin, Kyle Wallick, James Adams, Ari Novy, Susan Pell, Michael D. Purugganan   +21 more
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Aging seeds of weedy broomrapes and witchweeds lose sensitivity to strigolactones as DNA demethylates

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 7, Issue 2, Page 476-485, March 2025.
Broomrapes and witchweeds have devastating effects on crops in parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia. The key to their success is the production of copious, long‐lived seeds, which germinate in response to the perception of chemicals released by their hosts' roots.
Guillaume Brun, Jonathan Pöhl, Susann Wicke   +2 more
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microRNA‐encoded peptides inhibit seed germination of the root parasitic plant Orobanche cumana

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 7, Issue 2, Page 436-447, March 2025.
The root parasitic plant Orobanche cumana (sunflower broomrape) is one of the major pests of sunflower crops. Despite intense efforts to develop effective agricultural practices and breeding programs, selective control of broomrapes is still rare and ineffective in terms of sustainability.
Sabine Tourneur, Jean‐Philippe Combier, Serge Plaza, Stéphane Muños, Philippe Delavault   +4 more
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Parasitic plants are models for examining global food security, biodiversity loss and host–parasite evolution, in a changing world

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 7, Issue 2, Page 303-307, March 2025.
Parasitic plants, though often overlooked, are of exceptional importance and play a major functional role in the world's ecosystems. Where parasitic plants affect agricultural systems, they pose a threat to global food security at a time when this is already foreshadowed by a fast‐changing climate, a growing human population, economic volatility and ...
Steven Runo, Susann Wicke, Chris Thorogood   +2 more
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