Researchers have investigated how the parasitic dodder Cuscuta australis controls flower formation. They showed that the parasite eavesdrops on the flowering signals of its host plants in order to ...

About 4,000 to 5,000 parasitic plant species exist. Among these, dodders (Cuscuta, Convolvulaceae) are distributed worldwide. Compared with normal autotrophic plants, they have a unique ...

Q:I have a lot of dodder (haven't kept after it) in one of the raised beds in which I am growing vegetables. Had a little last year, but this is a mess. Is the only way to get rid of it to replace the ...

Plants of the genus Cuscuta have colorful folk names, such as wizard’s net, devil’s guts, strangle tare or witch’s hair. They are leaf- and rootless parasites and grow on their host plants without ...

Have you seen that orange, thread-like stuff draped over the top of plants in the salt marsh? It’s a parasitic plant — dodder, Cuscuta species. Dodder is capable of photosynthesis, but it gets most of ...

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources [DENR] is working with Aberfeldy Nurseries to track down basil plants infested with dodder, saying that “it is of critical importance that the ...

A dodder plant begins its life looking like a tapeworm. The tiny plant, which will never grow leaves or roots, elongates in a spindly spiral. Round and round it swirls, searching for a host plant.

I wasn’t sure if I should write about a plant that few people are aware of or ever notice. But watching a short YouTube video convinced me. In the video, scientists placed a small wheat plant and a ...

Most plants absorb sunlight and CO2 with their leaves, take up water and minerals from the soil through roots, and are fully autotrophic. However, parasitic plants are a special class of plants that ...

Plants of the genus Cuscuta have colorful folk names, such as wizard's net, devil's guts, strangle tare or witch's hair. They are leaf- and rootless parasites and grow on their host plants without ...