Although photosynthesis is essential to sustain life on Earth, not all plants use sunlight to
synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water. Holoparasitic plants, which are …

The germination of the obligate root parasites of the Orobanchaceae depends on the
perception of chemical stimuli from host roots. Several compounds, collectively termed …

This chapter outlines the most important members of the Orobanchaceae occurring as
weeds of agriculture worldwide, the holoparasitic broomrapes (Orobanche and Phelipanche …

Desde el siglo XVI, y aún antes, son muchos los botánicos que han pasado por estas tierras
describiendo su flora o su vegetación, ya en pequeños trabajos en los que se mencionaba …

Strigolactones are apocarotenoids regulating shoot branching. They are also known to be
exuded by plant roots at very low concentrations, stimulating hyphal branching of arbuscular …

Abstract Background and Aims The long co-existence of broomrapes and their hosts within
the same environment has culminated in a strong adaptation and effective parasitism. As a …

The plant family Orobanchaceae includes many parasitic weeds that are also impressive
invaders and aggressive crop pests with several specialized features (eg microscopic …

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 …

The species of holoparasitic genera from the family Orobanchaceae have a specific lifestyle
associated with the host, greatly reduced vegetative organs, very variable features and …

Introduction The sunflower broomrape (Orobanche cumana Wallr.) gene pools of the
Guadalquivir Valley and Cuenca province in Spain had predominantly race-F virulence. A …