The haustorium, a specialized invasive organ in parasitic plants

S Yoshida, S Cui, Y Ichihashi… - Annual review of plant …, 2016‏ - annualreviews.org
Parasitic plants thrive by infecting other plants. Flowering plants evolved parasitism
independently at least 12 times, in all cases develo** a unique multicellular organ called …

The evolution of parasitism in plants

JH Westwood, JI Yoder, MP Timko… - Trends in plant …, 2010‏ - cell.com
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 …

Molecular dialog between parasitic plants and their hosts

CR Clarke, MP Timko, JI Yoder, MJ Axtell… - Annual review of …, 2019‏ - annualreviews.org
Parasitic plants steal sugars, water, and other nutrients from host plants through a haustorial
connection. Several species of parasitic plants such as witchweeds (Striga spp.) and …

[PDF][PDF] Functional biology of parasitic plants: a review

J Těšitel - Plant Ecology and Evolution, 2016‏ - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Background–Parasitic plants are functionally specialized to acquire at least some essential
resources from other plants via specialized organs called haustoria. Parasitism evolved 12 …

Life history, diversity, and distribution in parasitic flowering plants

L Teixeira-Costa, CC Davis - Plant Physiology, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
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The bright side of parasitic plants: what are they good for?

J Těšitel, AR Li, K Knotková, R McLellan… - Plant …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Parasitic plants are mostly viewed as pests. This is caused by several species causing
serious damage to agriculture and forestry. There is however much more to parasitic plants …

Sandalwood: basic biology, tissue culture, and genetic transformation

JA Teixeira da Silva, MM Kher, D Soner, T Page… - Planta, 2016‏ - Springer
Main conclusion Sustainable resource preservation of Santalum species that yield
commercially important forest products is needed. This review provides an understanding of …

Carbon assimilation, biomass partitioning and productivity in grasses

LJ Irving - Agriculture, 2015‏ - mdpi.com
Plant growth correlates with net carbon gain on a whole plant basis. Over the last several
decades, the driving factors sha** plant morphology and performance have become …

SeedQuant: a deep learning-based tool for assessing stimulant and inhibitor activity on root parasitic seeds

J Braguy, M Ramazanova, S Giancola, M Jamil… - Plant …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Witchweeds (Striga spp.) and broomrapes (Orobanchaceae and Phelipanche spp.) are root
parasitic plants that infest many crops in warm and temperate zones, causing enormous …

A living bridge between two enemies: haustorium structure and evolution across parasitic flowering plants

L Teixeira-Costa - Brazilian Journal of Botany, 2021‏ - Springer
Parasitic flowering plants are characterized by the development of an organ known as
haustorium, which has evolved in multiple independent angiosperms clades. The …