HANOI: As plant-based products surge worldwide, a coconut powerhouse is taking shape in Vietnam's Mekong Delta.

Vinh Long province is rapidly positioning itself as Vietnam’s most promising hub for coconut export growth, capitalising on ...

The Texas Department of Agriculture last Thursday convened agricultural, veterinary, and epidemiological leaders from across Latin America to address the growing threat posed by the New World ...

Parasitic plants are notorious agricultural pests that drain nutrients from crops and cause economic losses of more than USD ...

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Parasitic weeds extract water and nutrients from their host plants. But what makes these parasites so successful? A study led by Prof Susann Wicke from the Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity at ...

Plants may not seem like they live the most exciting lives, but two new papers published this week point to different types of plants that are actually very cunning and manipulative. One, the ...

Balanophora species are parasitic plants that live underground and emerge above ground only during the flowering season — and some species even reproduce exclusively asexually. This collage shows ...

A macro photograph of a cluster of mushroom-like plants on the forest floor against a mossy backdrop. These are Balanophora fungosa ssp. fungosa from southern Okinawa Island. At the base of mossy ...

A parasitic plant with vibrant orange and yellow flowers that was long thought extinct in the wild has been rediscovered after around 175 years from Kerala’s Wayanad district. Researchers have ...

A rather nasty and fast-spreading parasitic plant has made its first detected appearance in North America, posing a particular threat to sunflower crops. A homeowner detected invasive, parasitic ...