Most orchid species have a symbiotic relationship with the natural fungi found in their roots. The plants provide the fungi with sugar through photosynthesis and the orchids receive important water ...

All 42 known species of the parasitic plant Rafflesia, often known as the corpse flower, are endangered due to runaway destruction of their tropical forest habitats.

The Indian paintbrush or Castilleja is only a partial parasite. It makes some of the nutrition it needs to survive, but also spreads its roots until to those of nearby plants before penetrating them ...

Why have some orchids stopped photosynthesis and become parasites feeding on fungi ... in a symbiotic relationship with fungi in their roots: The plants provide sugar they produce through ...

About 20% of Africa's sorghum crop is lost due to witchweed (Striga hermonthica), a parasitic plant that steals nutrients and water by latching onto the plant's roots. In the new study ...

Root parasitic plants cause as much as US$10 billion in agricultural damage in their native sub-Saharan Africa each year, and a solution to protect crop fields against such invasions has been elusive.

Another study suggested that taking probiotic supplements may help manage a parasitic infection. The herbal compound berberine may also have traditional roots in treating diseases and parasitic ...

A pioneering study has uncovered the sophisticated tactics root-knot nematodes use to manipulate the genetic machinery of ...

Although parasitic and neutral relations exist ... from the soil and in return receive sustenance (carbon) from the plant. Roots serve many functions for a plant including anchorage and ...

Most orchids live in a symbiotic relationship with fungi in their roots: The plants provide sugar ... "I've always been intrigued by how orchids turn parasitic. Why would a plant give up its ...

Getting back our food that is being robbed by root parasitic weeds! Analysis of root parasitic weeds from a chemical perspective to provide information that facilitates development of an integrated ...

Striga, a parasitic weed attacking monocot cereals ... transport of SLs from the roots to the shoots and mediation of broomrape seeds germination. Interestingly, SlABCG45 and SlABCG44 exhibit ...