Dodder, a parasitic plant, attached to a host plant from which it obtains water and nutrients. The parasite inserts microRNAs into the host that can silence the expression of host genes. This is the ...

Parasitic plants of the genus Cuscuta (dodder) not only deplete nutrients from their host plants, but also function as important 'information brokers' among neighboring plants, when insects feed on ...

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 ...

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.

As much as I love the color orange, when I see stringy orange masses along the roadways, I am not happy. The vine in question is dodder, an annual parasitic vine related to morning glory. Its thin, ...

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 ...

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Dodder is an obligate parasite of certain plants. This unusual member of the morning glory family is also known as “Angel’s Hair” and “Strangle Weed.” Like Indian pipe, another parasitic plant, Dodder ...

A plant nursery had sold seeds and seedlings that could be contaminated with a parasitic vine. Aberfeldy Nurseries said it had sold 44 packets of imported seeds, which may contain the dodder parasite, ...