A roadmap of haustorium morphogenesis in parasitic plants. [PDF]
J Exp Bot, 2023 Parasitic plants invade their host through their invasive organ, the haustorium. This organ connects to the vasculature of the host roots and hijacks water and nutrients.
Kirschner GK +5 more
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CRISPR gene editing to improve crop resistance to parasitic plants. [PDF]
Front Genome Ed, 2023 Parasitic plants pose a significant threat to global agriculture, causing substantial crop losses and hampering food security. In recent years, CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) gene-editing technology has emerged as a ...
Jhu MY, Ellison EE, Sinha NR.
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Host Resistance to Parasitic Plants-Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives. [PDF]
Plants (Basel), 2023 Parasitic flowering plants represent a diverse group of angiosperms, ranging from exotic species with limited distribution to prominent weeds, causing significant yield losses in agricultural crops.
Albanova IA +5 more
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Strigolactones are chemoattractants for host tropism in Orobanchaceae parasitic plants. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2022 Parasitic plants are worldwide threats that damage major agricultural crops. To initiate infection, parasitic plants have developed the ability to locate hosts and grow towards them.
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Molecular dissection of haustorium development in Orobanchaceae parasitic plants. [PDF]
Plant Physiol, 2021 Characterizing molecular aspects of haustorium development by parasitic plants in the Orobanchaceae family has identified hormone signaling/transport and specific genes as major players.
Furuta KM, Xiang L, Cui S, Yoshida S.
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Parasitic plants: physiology, development, signaling, and ecosystem interactions. [PDF]
Plant Physiol, 2021 Parasitic plants connect to the vasculature of a host plant and take part or all of the water, nutrients, and assimilates they need to complete their life cycle. Parasitic plants represent a unique model for the evolution of intra-kingdom parasitism with
Bouwmeester H, Sinha N, Scholes J.
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Plant Parasites under Pressure: Effects of Abiotic Stress on the Interactions between Parasitic Plants and Their Hosts. [PDF]
Int J Mol Sci, 2021 Parasitic angiosperms, comprising a diverse group of flowering plants, are partially or fully dependent on their hosts to acquire water, mineral nutrients and organic compounds. Some have detrimental effects on agriculturally important crop plants.
Zagorchev L +4 more
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Unprecedented organelle genomic variations in morning glories reveal independent evolutionary scenarios of parasitic plants and the diversification of plant mitochondrial complexes. [PDF]
BMC Biol, 2022 Background The morning glories (Convolvulaceae) are distributed worldwide and produce economically important crops, medicinal herbs, and ornamentals. Members of this family are diverse in morphological characteristics and trophic modes, including the ...
Lin Y +8 more
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The Enigma of Interspecific Plasmodesmata: Insight From Parasitic Plants. [PDF]
Front Plant Sci, 2021 Parasitic plants live in intimate physical connection with other plants serving as their hosts. These host plants provide the inorganic and organic compounds that the parasites need for their propagation.
Fischer K +4 more
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Parasitic Plants-Potential Vectors of Phytopathogens. [PDF]
PathogensParasitic plants represent a peculiar group of semi- or fully heterotrophic plants, possessing the ability to extract water, minerals, and organic compounds from other plants. All parasitic plants, either root or stem, hemi- or holoparasitic, establish a
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