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 …

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

The Striga, particularly S. he rmonthica, problem has become a major threat to food security,
exacerbating hunger and poverty in many African countries. A number of Striga control …

Parasitic plants have evolved to be subtly or severely dependent on host plants to complete
their life cycle. To provide new insights into the biology of parasitic plants in general, we …

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

Parasites have evolved proteins, virulence factors (VFs), that facilitate plant colonisation,
however VFs mediating parasitic plant–host interactions are poorly understood. Striga …

Effectors are small, secreted molecules that mediate the establishment of interactions in
nature. While some concepts of effector biology have stood the test of time, this area of study …

Parasitic plants pose a significant threat to global agriculture, causing substantial crop
losses and hampering food security. In recent years, CRISPR (Clustered Regularly …

Interactions among plants have been long recognized as a major force driving plant
community dynamics and crop yield. Surprisingly, our knowledge of the ecological genetics …

Plant cell-surface leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases (LRR-RLKs) and receptor-like
proteins (LRR-RLPs) form dynamic complexes to receive a variety of extracellular signals …