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Ethylene signaling mediates host invasion by parasitic plants. [PDF]
Sci Adv, 2020 Forward genetic analysis in a parasitic plant revealed that ethylene signaling is essential for host invasion. Parasitic plants form a specialized organ, a haustorium, to invade host tissues and acquire water and nutrients.
Cui S +9 more
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Current Biology, 2018 In this quick guide, Twyford introduces the reader to parasitic plants, explaining how they steal nutrients from host plants and how this lifestyle has evolved multiple times in plants.
A. Twyford
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The Effect of Virulence and Resistance Mechanisms on the Interactions between Parasitic Plants and Their Hosts. [PDF]
Int J Mol Sci, 2020 Parasitic plants have a unique heterotrophic lifestyle based on the extraction of water and nutrients from host plants. Some parasitic plant species, particularly those of the family Orobanchaceae, attack crops and cause substantial yield losses.
Hu L +6 more
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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
Petersen, Gitte +4 more
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Mitochondrial genome evolution in parasitic plants. [PDF]
BMC Evol Biol, 2019 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.
Zervas A, Petersen G, Seberg O.
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Induced cell fate transitions at multiple cell layers configure haustorium development in parasitic plants. [PDF]
Development, 2018 The haustorium in parasitic plants is an organ specialized for invasion and nutrient uptake from host plant tissues. Despite its importance, the developmental processes of haustoria are mostly unknown.
Wakatake T, Yoshida S, Shirasu K.
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Interspecies hormonal control of host root morphology by parasitic plants. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2017 Spallek T +9 more
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The mechanism of host-induced germination in root parasitic plants.
Plant Physiology, 2021 Chemical signals known as strigolactones were discovered more than 50 years ago as host-derived germination stimulants of parasitic plants in the Orobanchaceae. Strigolactone-responsive germination is an essential adaptation of obligate parasites in this
David C. Nelson
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The Plant Journal, 2021 Mycoheterotrophic and parasitic plants are heterotrophic and respectively parasitize on fungi and plants to obtain nutrients. Large-scale comparative genomics has not been conducted among mycoheterotrophic or parasitic plants or between these two groups ...
Yuxing Xu +9 more
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Complete chloroplast genome sequence of Holoparasite Cistanche Deserticola (Orobanchaceae) reveals gene loss and horizontal gene transfer from Its host Haloxylon Ammodendron (Chenopodiaceae) [PDF]
, 2013 The central function of chloroplasts is to carry out photosynthesis, and its gene content and structure are highly conserved across land plants. Parasitic plants, which have reduced photosynthetic ability, suffer gene losses from the chloroplast (cp ...
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