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 ...

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

We examine the etymology and the first names of Cuscuta, as well as some unexplored aspects in the early history of parasitism concept. The name "Orobanche" was used for the first time by Theophrastus ...

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 58, No. 11 (2007), pp. 2929-2937 (9 pages) The influence of the holoparasite Cuscuta campestris Yuncker on the growth and photosynthesis of Mikania micrantha H.B.K ...

Nature's viny vampire: Discovering what drives parasitic Cuscuta campestris Suppression of the CcMCA1 gene has potential in halting invasive plant species Date: March 28, 2025 Source: Osaka ...