The rhizosphere encompasses the millimeters of soil surrounding a plant root where
complex biological and ecological processes occur. This review describes recent advances …

Our understanding of the biology, biochemistry, and genetic development of roots has
considerably improved during the last decade (Smith and Fedoroff, 1995; Flores et al., 1999; …

The rhizosphere is a densely populated area in which plant roots must compete with
invading root systems of neighboring plants for space, water, and mineral nutrients, and with …

The multiple independent origins of plant parasitism suggest that numerous ancestral plant
lineages possessed the developmental flexibility to meet the requirements of a parasitic life …

In the rhizosphere, exudates from plants and microorganisms as well as stable soil organic
matter influence processes that can control plant growth, microbial infections, and nutrient …

Biology and management of weedy root parasites Page 282 Biology and Management of
Weedy Root Parasites DM Joel, J. Hershenhorn, H. Eizenberg, and R. Aly Agricultural …

The genus S triga comprises about 30 obligate root‐parasitic plants, commonly known as
witchweeds. In particular, S. hermonthica, S. asiatica and S. gesnerioides cause immense …

Nonphotosynthetic mycorrhizal plants have long attracted the curiosity of botanists and
mycologists, and they have been a target for unabated controversy and speculation. In fact …

Broomrapes are plant-parasitic weeds which constitute one of the most difficult-to-control of
all biotic constraints that affect crops in Mediterranean, central and eastern Europe, and …

In contrast to most autotrophic plants, which produce carbohydrates from carbon dioxide
using photosynthesis, parasitic plants obtain water and nutrients by parasitizing host plants …