Parasitic plants rely on neighboring host plants to complete their life cycle, forming vascular
connections through which they withdraw needed nutritive resources. In natural ecosystems …

Parasitic plants in the family Orobanchaceae, such as Striga, Orobanche and Phelipanche,
often cause significant damage to agricultural crops. The Orobanchaceae family comprises …

Mutualistic symbioses between eukaryotes and beneficial microorganisms of their
microbiome play an essential role in nutrition, protection against disease, and development …

Parasitic plants in the genus Striga, commonly known as witchweeds, cause major crop
losses in sub-Saharan Africa and pose a threat to agriculture worldwide. An understanding …

Many phylogenomic studies based on transcriptomes have been limited to “single-copy”
genes due to methodological challenges in homology and orthology inferences. Only a …

The genus S triga comprises about 30 obligate root‐parasitic plants, commonly known as
witchweeds. In particular, S. hermonthica, S. asiatica and S. gesnerioides cause immense …

Because novel environmental conditions alter the selection pressure on genes or entire
subgenomes, adaptive and nonadaptive changes will leave a measurable signature in the …

• Premise: Orobanchaceae are a family of angiosperms that range from fully autotrophic and
free‐living to completely heterotrophic and dependent on their hosts (holoparasites). Most of …

Parasitic flowering plants are one of the most destructive agricultural pests and have major
impact on crop yields throughout the world. Being dependent on finding a host plant for …

The origin of novel traits is recognized as an important process underlying many major
evolutionary radiations. We studied the genetic basis for the evolution of haustoria, the novel …