Parasitic plants connect to the vasculature of a host plant and take part or all of the water,
nutrients, and assimilates they need to complete their life cycle. Parasitic plants represent a …

Parasitic plants pose a major biotic threat to plant growth and development and lead to
losses in crop productivity of billions of USD annually. By comparison with “normal” …

Parasitic plants steal sugars, water, and other nutrients from host plants through a haustorial
connection. Several species of parasitic plants such as witchweeds (Striga spp.) and …

In contrast to most autotrophic plants, which produce carbohydrates from carbon dioxide
using photosynthesis, parasitic plants obtain water and nutrients by parasitizing host plants …

Highlights•Plant parasites attach to host plants and penetrate them by haustoria.•They thieve
water, solutes and carbohydrates by mimicking an attractive sink for the host.•In most cases …

Parasitic plants are plants that connect with a haustorium to the vasculature of another, host,
plant from which they absorb water, assimilates, and nutrients. Because of this parasitic …

Parasitic plants are mostly viewed as pests. This is caused by several species causing
serious damage to agriculture and forestry. There is however much more to parasitic plants …

The ability of plants to fulfill nutritional needs by parasitizing neighboring plants has
originated several times in angiosperm evolution. Molecular tools are now being exploited to …

We have so far mainly dealt with autotrophic plants that assimilate CO 2 from the
atmosphere into complex organic molecules and acquire nutrients and water from the …

Parasitic plants are usually considered as botanical curiosities because of their shapes and
colours. However, in some cases, they are proving to be terrible bioagressors in man-made …