Abstract: Cuscuta is a parasitic plant that highly impacts the yielding of black gram (Vigna mungo) by reducing the quality based on required subsistence. Early detection of Cuscuta affliction becomes ...

Amos Alakonya, Ravi Kumar, Daniel Koenig, Seisuke Kimura, Brad Townsley, Steven Runo, Helena M. Garces, Julie Kang, Andrea Yanez, Rakefet David-Schwartz, Jesse ...

The parasitic vine Cuscuta campestris grows by latching onto the stems and leaves of plants and inserting organs called haustorium into the host plant tissues to draw nutrients. The haustorium is ...

Farmers in Waikato are being urged to keep an eye out for an invasive weed that looks like noodles and sucks the life out of other plants. The Department of Conservation (DOC) said Cuscuta campestris ...

A large digger isn’t something usually seen in a protected wetland, but it’s proven vital in a collaborative effort to remove an invasive weed species. The invasive plant Cuscuta campestris – also ...

A special research project is underway to keep track of a parasitic plant making its way across Canada. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is asking community gardeners and amateur scientists to keep ...

Premise of the study:The parasitic genus Cuscuta, containing some 200 species circumscribed traditionally in three subgenera, is nearly cosmopolitan, occurring in a wide range of habitats and hosts.

CHENNAI: An invasive weed, native to North America, is slowly choking the Chengalpet forests and Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary, threatening the local vegetation, ecology and habitat of migratory birds.

“Help!” “Land here!” “Conserve resources!” “Get off!” “My fruits are ready to eat!” These are just some of the many messages we know plants—from a patch of moss to a 300-foot sequoia—can send. In fact ...