About 1% of flowering plants (around 4,000 species) are parasitic. Read on to discover 10 interesting examples of parasitic plants, where they can be found and how they steal nutrients from other ...

This time-lapse video shows how the parasitic plant dodder attacks tomatoes. But beyond stealing nutrients from the host plants, a Virginia Tech researcher has discovered that the two plants also ...

Revealing a sensitive germination receptor in parasitic plants brings researchers closer to eradicating a major source of African crop damage and food insecurity. From summer to autumn in sub ...

"Our research offers an unprecedented look into the genetic reprogramming of tomato plants by root-knot nematodes. These findings not only enhance our understanding of the plant-parasite ...

Tristerix is a parasitic plant that infects hedgehog cacti ... sweeps across the water surface, pushing competing plants out of the way, before it unfurls into a giant leaf, up to 2.5 metres ...