Una nuova e significativa scoperta botanica arricchisce il patrimonio naturalistico del Parco della Maremma. Nell'ambito di ...

The plant genus Cuscuta consists of more than 200 species that can be found almost all over the world. The parasites, known as dodder, but also called wizard's net, devil's hair or strangleweed, feed ...

The parasitic vine Cuscuta campestris grows by latching onto the stems and leaves of plants and inserting organs called haustorium into the host plant tissues to draw nutrients. The haustorium is ...

Se nel tuo giardino noti un filo sottile che si attorciglia intorno alle piante, non ignorarlo. Potresti avere davanti la Cuscuta, una delle piante più insidiose e sottovalutate. A prima vista può ...

About 4,000 to 5,000 parasitic plant species exist. Among these, dodders (Cuscuta, Convolvulaceae) are distributed worldwide. Compared with normal autotrophic plants, they have a unique ...

Have you seen that orange, thread-like stuff draped over the top of plants in the salt marsh? It’s a parasitic plant — dodder, Cuscuta species. Dodder is capable of photosynthesis, but it gets most of ...

La piantina parassita fino ad oggi era stata recensita solo in Sicilia, Abruzzo e Calabria: «Testimonia la ricchezza e la varietà vegetale del parco della Maremma e l'importanza di tutelarlo» ...

Researchers have discovered the mechanism that drives the parasitic vine Cuscuta campestris to insert organs into plants after making contact with the hosts. The parasitic vine Cuscuta campestris ...

The plant genus Cuscuta consists of more than 200 species that can be found almost all over the world. The parasites, known as dodder, but also called wizard's net, devil's hair or strangleweed, feed ...

Researchers have investigated how the parasitic dodder Cuscuta australis controls flower formation. They showed that the parasite eavesdrops on the flowering signals of its host plants in order to ...