T he 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 ...

the ghost plant has a parasitic relationship with certain types of fungi, which in turn get their nutrition from trees that can photosynthesise. The fungi are also in a mutualistic relationship with ...

I would document them carefully, scribbling and drawing them on my bedroom ... when this exquisite painting of a parasitic flowering plant popped up on Twitter: Intrigued by his passion for ...

In our region there are a few fully parasitic plants, totally dependent on other ... perhaps the parasite can sometimes draw more resources, and maybe the host may be able to increase its ...

Two parasitic plants in a new study are losing genes related to photosynthesis and other plant functions as they continue their food-sucking habits. By Laura Baisas Published Sep 21, 2023 11:00 AM ...

The parasitic dodder vine "sniffs" out plants from which it can draw nutrients. Unable to produce its own food, the dodder vine must live entirely off a host plant. In a series of experiments ...

Botanist Mat Yunoh Siti-Munirah has been cataloging the biodiversity of these parasitic plants in Malaysia. In 2020, one of her colleagues encountered an unusual fairy lantern in Tengku Hassanal ...

Instead of making food from sunlight, some of these plants have become parasitic and primarily suck nutrients out of the fungi in their roots. Whether these orchids change their feeding method ...

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

Researchers have discovered the mechanism that drives the parasitic vine Cuscuta campestris to insert organs into plants after making contact with the hosts. The parasitic vine Cuscuta campestris ...