CRISPR gene editing to improve crop resistance to parasitic plants [PDF]
Frontiers in Genome Editing, 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 ...
Min-Yao Jhu +2 more
doaj +4 more sources
The Enigma of Interspecific Plasmodesmata: Insight From Parasitic Plants [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 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.
Karsten Fischer +4 more
doaj +4 more sources
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
Stefan Savov +5 more
doaj +4 more sources
Pharmacological Properties of Parasitic Plants: Current Evidence and the Role of Parasitic Lifestyle [PDF]
PlantsParasitic plants represent a unique group of angiosperms that extract nutrients from host plants through specialized structures called haustoria.
Tzvetelina Zagorcheva +4 more
doaj +2 more sources
Host Resistance to Parasitic Plants—Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives [PDF]
Plants, 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.
Ivanela A. Albanova +5 more
doaj +2 more sources
Do native parasitic plants cause more damage to exotic invasive hosts than native non-invasive hosts? An implication for biocontrol. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Field studies have shown that native, parasitic plants grow vigorously on invasive plants and can cause more damage to invasive plants than native plants. However, no empirical test has been conducted and the mechanism is still unknown.
Junmin Li, Zexin Jin, Wenjing Song
doaj +3 more sources
Mitochondria in parasitic plants
Mitochondrion, 2020 Plant mitochondrial genomes are renowned for their structural complexity, extreme variation in size and mutation rates, and ability to incorporate foreign DNA. Parasitic flowering plants are no exception, and the close association between parasite and host may even enhance the likelihood of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) between them. Recent studies on
Benjamin M Anderson +2 more
exaly +3 more sources
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
doaj +2 more sources
Characterization of microbial community assembly in parasitic plant systems and the influence of microorganisms on metabolite accumulation in parasitic plants: case study of Cistanche salsa and Kalidium foliatum [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyIntroductionCistanche salsa (C.A.Mey.) G. Beck is a perennial holoparasitic herb recognized for its medicinal properties, particularly in kidney-tonifying and laxative treatments.
Zhan Feng +8 more
doaj +2 more sources
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2015 By comparison with plant-microbe interaction, little is known about the interaction of parasitic plants with their hosts. Plants of the genus Cuscuta belong to the family of Cuscutaceae and comprise about 200 species, all of which live as stem ...
Bettina eKaiser +3 more
doaj +3 more sources