Rethinking convergence in plant parasitism through the lens of molecular and population genetic processes.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.16174
Abstract: The autotrophic lifestyle of photosynthetic plants has profoundly shaped their body plan, physiology, and gene repertoire. Shifts to parasitism and heterotrophy have evolved at least 12 times in more than 4000 species, and this transition… read more here.
Keywords: molecular population; parasitism; physiology; parasitic plants ... See more keywords
Caught in action: fine-scale plastome evolution in the parasitic plants of Cuscuta section Ceratophorae (Convolvulaceae)
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DOI: 10.1007/s11103-019-00884-0
Abstract: Key messageAn exhaustive analysis of a group of closely related parasitic plants shows a predominantly gradual reduction in plastid genome composition and provides the most reduced plastomes in the genus Cuscuta.AbstractParasitic plants have a diminished… read more here.
Keywords: plastome evolution; evolution; ceratophorae; fine scale ... See more keywords
How to pit weeds against parasitic plants. A simulation study with Phelipanche ramosa in arable cropping systems
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2021.126368
Abstract: Abstract Branched broomrape (Phelipanche ramosa (L.) Pomel) is a parasitic plant, which causes severe yield losses in major crops worldwide. Due to its broad host range, including numerous non-parasitic weed species, the persistence of its… read more here.
Keywords: broomrape; cropping systems; phelipanche ramosa; parasitic plants ... See more keywords
Parasitic plants: Injecting hormone into host
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DOI: 10.1038/nplants.2017.84
Abstract: Many crop species suffer from parasitic infection, as parasitic plants extract nutrition from the host plants. Parasite haustoria penetrate the host and bridge substance transfer between the parasite and host. A recent study, from Thomas… read more here.
Keywords: cytokinin; hormone; infection; haustoria ... See more keywords
Systemic signals control infection plasticity in parasitic plants
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2502286122
Abstract: haustoria locally and in distant roots. Mature haustoria extract water and mineral nutrients through xylem bridges and express genes involved in cytokinin biosynthesis. The cytokinin produced in haustoria is mobile and moves toward the shoot,… read more here.
Keywords: control infection; infection plasticity; plasticity parasitic; systemic signals ... See more keywords
Gene silencing in broomrapes and other parasitic plants of the Orobanchaceae family: mechanisms, considerations, and future directions.
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DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erae388
Abstract: Holoparasites of the Orobanchaceae family are devastating pests causing severe damage to many crop species and are nearly impossible to control with conventional methods. During past decades RNA interference (RNAi) has been seen as a… read more here.
Keywords: orobanchaceae family; gene silencing; silencing broomrapes; parasitic plants ... See more keywords
Evaluation of the Antioxidant and Cytotoxic Activities on Cancer Cell Line of Extracts of Parasitic Plants Harvested in Tunisia
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DOI: 10.31883/pjfns/122040
Abstract: The term ‘weed’ defi nes a plant that does not have any function considered useful for agricultural production and causes damage to existing plants. The harmfulness of weeds appears mainly in the following aspects: competition… read more here.
Keywords: antioxidant cytotoxic; cytotoxic activities; cancer cell; evaluation antioxidant ... See more keywords
The Enigma of Interspecific Plasmodesmata: Insight From Parasitic Plants
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DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.641924
Abstract: Parasitic plants live in intimate physical connection with other plants serving as their hosts. These host plants provide the inorganic and organic compounds that the parasites need for their propagation. The uptake of the macromolecular… read more here.
Keywords: interspecific plasmodesmata; parasite host; plasmodesmata insight; enigma interspecific ... See more keywords
Genomic and Epigenomic Mechanisms of the Interaction between Parasitic and Host Plants
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DOI: 10.3390/ijms24032647
Abstract: Parasitic plants extract nutrients from the other plants to finish their life cycle and reproduce. The control of parasitic weeds is notoriously difficult due to their tight physical association and their close biological relationship to… read more here.
Keywords: parasitic host; interaction parasitic; host plants; parasitic plants ... See more keywords