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 …

By comparison with plant–microbe interaction, little is known about the interaction of
parasitic plants with their hosts. Plants of the genus Cuscuta belong to the family of …

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

Over the last decade, molecular studies carried out on the Australasian biota have revealed
a new world of organic structure that exists from submicroscopic to continental scale …

The age of a clade has been estimated by using the age of its oldest fossils, the age of
islands or strata that the clade is endemic to, and the age of tectonic events that are spatially …

Cuscuta (dodders, Convolvulaceae) is one of the largest and most economically important
lineages of parasitic plants. The genus has a sub-cosmopolitan distribution with more than …

Abstract Background The genus Cuscuta L.(Convolvulaceae), commonly known as dodders,
are epiphytic vines that invade the stems of their host with haustorial feeding structures at …

Abstract The genus Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae, the morning glory family) is one of the most
intensely studied lineages of parasitic plants. Whole plastome sequencing of four Cuscuta …

LATERAL ORGAN BOUNDARIES DOMAIN 25 functions as a key regulator of haustorium
development in dodders | Plant Physiology | Oxford Academic Skip to Main Content …

Parasitic weeds cause billions of dollars in agricultural losses each year worldwide. Cuscuta
campestris (C. campestris), one of the most widespread and destructive parasitic plants in …