Targeting a newly discovered vulnerability in the signals that cyst nematodes use to infect plant roots could be a powerful ...

TikToker Speaking for the Trees (@speakingfortrees) shared an informative video about the damage mistletoe and landscape fabric can do to your trees. One is parasitic, and the other blocks the flow of ...

Even though most mistletoe species conduct photosynthesis, these hemiparasitic — or partially parasitic — plants still obtain sugars and other organic molecules from their host. Mistletoe is ...

Parasite evolution refers to the heritable genetic changes that a parasite accumulates during its life time, which can arise from adaptations in response to environmental changes or the immune ...

Mistletoe might seem like a festive holiday plant, but its real story is far stranger - and more sinister. In this episode, we uncover the explosive, poisonous, and parasitic truth about mistletoe.

"I've seen a lot of strange insects, but this has to be one of the most peculiar-looking ones I've seen in a while," said one entomologist.

Indeed the spherical puffs do seem to more closely resemble mistletoe growth. It turns out the festive plant is actually a parasite, which The Tree Council says “grows in green clumps on various ...

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