Angiosperms that morphologically and physiologically attach to other flowering plants by
means of a haustorium have evolved 12 times independently resulting in 292 genera and …

The angiosperm genus Cuscuta lives as an almost achlorophyllous root-and leafless
holoparasite and has therefore occupied scientists for more than a century. The 'evolution'of …

A parasitic lifestyle, where plants procure some or all of their nutrients from other living
plants, has evolved independently in many dicotyledonous plant families and is a major …

Background Plastid genome content and protein sequence are highly conserved across
land plants and their closest algal relatives. Parasitic plants, which obtain some or all of their …

Background The holoparasitic plant genus Cuscuta comprises species with photosynthetic
capacity and functional chloroplasts as well as achlorophyllous and intermediate forms with …

Background Theoretical models and experimental evidence suggest that rates of molecular
evolution could be raised in parasitic organisms compared to non-parasitic taxa. Parasitic …

Background The molecular evolution of organellar genomes in angiosperms has been
studied extensively, with some lineages, such as parasitic ones, displaying unique …

During the development of the haustorium, searching hyphae of the parasite and the host
parenchyma cells are connected by plasmodesmata. Using transgenic tobacco plants …

• Premise of the study: The parasitic genus Cuscuta, containing some 200 species
circumscribed traditionally in three subgenera, is nearly cosmopolitan, occurring in a wide …

The Orobanchaceae is the largest out of the twenty described families of parasitic plants.
This chapter clarifies the position of the Orobanchaceae within the world of parasitic plants. It …