The evolution of parasitism in plants

JH Westwood, JI Yoder, MP Timko… - Trends in plant …, 2010 - cell.com
The multiple independent origins of plant parasitism suggest that numerous ancestral plant
lineages possessed the developmental flexibility to meet the requirements of a parasitic life …

History of the race structure of Orobanche cumana and the breeding of sunflower for resistance to this parasitic weed: A review

L Molinero-Ruiz, P Delavault, B Pérez-Vich… - 2015 - digital.csic.es
Broomrape, caused by Orobanche cumana, has affected sunflowers since the early 20th
century in Eastern Europe. Currently, it limits sunflower oil production in Southern and …

Oilseed rape

W Friedt, R Snowdon - Oil crops, 2010 - Springer
Oilseed rape, or canola (Brassica napus ssp. napus; genome AACC, 2n= 38) is today the
world's third-leading source of both vegetable oil and oil extraction meal. Total world …

The parasitic plant genome project: new tools for understanding the biology of Orobanche and Striga

JH Westwood, CW Depamphilis, M Das… - Weed Science, 2012 - cambridge.org
The Parasitic Plant Genome Project has sequenced transcripts from three parasitic species
and a nonparasitic relative in the Orobanchaceae with the goal of understanding genetic …

Sunflower Resistance to Broomrape (Orobanche cumana) Is Controlled by Specific QTLs for Different Parasitism Stages

J Louarn, MC Boniface, N Pouilly, L Velasco… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Orobanche cumana (sunflower broomrape) is an obligatory and non-photosynthetic root
parasitic plant that specifically infects the sunflower. It is located in Europe and in Asia …

Genetic and genomic tools in sunflower breeding for broomrape resistance

S Cvejić, A Radanović, B Dedić, M Jocković, S Jocić… - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Broomrape is a root parasitic plant causing yield losses in sunflower production. Since
sunflower is an important oil crop, the development of broomrape-resistant hybrids is the …

Sunflower

JM Fernández-Martínez, B Pérez-Vich, L Velasco - Oil crops, 2010 - Springer
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) oil is the fourth most important vegetable oil in world trade
at present with an annual production of around 9 million tonnes and a cultivated acreage of …

Increased Virulence in Sunflower Broomrape (Orobanche cumana Wallr.) Populations from Southern Spain Is Associated with Greater Genetic Diversity

A Martín-Sanz, J Malek… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Orobanche cumana Wallr.(sunflower broomrape) is a holoparasitic weed that infects roots of
sunflower in large areas of Europe and Asia. Two distant O. cumana gene pools have been …

BSA-seq mapping reveals major QTL for broomrape resistance in four sunflower lines

I Imerovski, B Dedić, S Cvejić, D Miladinović, S Jocić… - Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
Broomrape (Orobanche cumana) is a parasitic weed that causes substantial yield losses in
sunflower. In this study, four biparental genetic populations comprised of between 96 and …

Inheritance of resistance to sunflower broomrape (Orobanche cumana Wallr.) in an interspecific cross between Helianthus annuus and Helianthus debilis subsp …

L Velasco, B Pérez‐Vich, AAM Yassein, CC Jan… - Plant …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
With 2 tables Abstract Sunflower broomrape (Orobanche cumana Wallr.) constrains
sunflower cultivation in many areas of Europe and Asia. Populations classified as race G …