It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants feed upon. What seems to be an inert plant, a part of the ecological ...

Some plants display animal-like behaviors. Sundew hunts insects. Skunk cabbage generates heat. Witchweed steals nutrients.

Are you tired of garden pests and want to reduce pesticide use? Certain plants can help manage insects in your garden.

This huge loss has been attributed to both direct and indirect damage that plant parasitic nematodes cause. For example, damage to yam by root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) and the yam nematode ...

If you want to protect your pest and disease-prone cucumbers for a bountiful harvest, consider planting one of these 15 ...

Growths on plants formed by parasitic weevils help their offspring hunker down on a Brazilian savanna and outlast the flames.

For example, a conservation stewardship organization ... citizen science contributions arranged into groups, like the “Parasitic plants of the World.” Like PlantNet, iNaturalist is free.

See also: Advice on managing glyphosate resistance this spring The best-known example of a parasitic plant in the UK is mistletoe, which is hosted by certain tree species, but native grassland ...

In our region there are a few fully parasitic plants, totally dependent on other ... Dwarf mistletoe is an example of one that is almost entirely dependent on its host tree, although it may ...

The sheer number, among plants, of examples such as the rubber tree ... Still, the globalization of trade all but guarantees that the parasitic fungus Hemileia vastatrix will find its way ...