Cuscuta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cuscuta ( Dodder ) is a genus of about 100-170 species of yellow, orange or red (rarely green) parasitic plants. Formerly treated as the only genus in the family Cuscutaceae, recent genetic resea...
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It has been estimated that the total length of twining branches produced by a single dodder plant may exceed half a mile (0.8 km). One remarkable species (C. marina) is tolerant of brackish water and parasitizes ... Corynaea crassa, a bizarre parasitic flowering plant that truly resembles the fruiting body of a soil fungus.
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waynesword.palomar.edu/plnov99.htm
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Plant Pathology Circular No. 334 Ha. Dept. Agric. & Consumer Serv. August 1990 Division of Plant Industry; DODDER, A PARASITIC PLANT PEST; John J. McRitchie1; Dodder (Cuscuta spp.), which lacks chlorophyll and leaves, is one of the genera of higher plants which parasitize other plants.
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www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/enpp/pathology/pathcirc/pp334....
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Dodder is a parasitic weed that attacks many vegetables, forage crops, ornamentals and native plants. Dodder attaches to a host plant, drawing off nutrients until the host is severely suppressed or killed. It can attack and parasitize any plant material including weeds, vegetables and ornamentals.
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www.agf.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/dodder.htm
www.agf.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/dodder.htm
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Some flowers release a pleasing fragrance. Other plants smell. And then there's the vampire-like dodder vine, a parasitic plant which sniffs out its victims, sinks its fangs in and starts drinking. ... The parasitic dodder vine wraps around the stem of a tomato plant before strangling it.
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Protecting California's wildlands through research, restoration and education: the California Invasive Plant Council works to educate the public, landowners, land managers and policy makers about the problem of invasive plants, and works with them to stop the spread of invasive plants and restore California's natural ...
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www.dodder.org/
www.dodder.org/
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The dodder (Cuscuta gronovii), a parasitic plant that penetrates the tissues of the host plant using specialized roots called haustoria. This parasite is so effective in removing nutrients from its host that over time the roots that secure it to the ground degenerate, leaving the dodder completely dependent on its host.
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Dodders are parasitic plants that obtain resources by drawing from the phloem of a host plant and have joint plasmodesmata with host cortical cells. Although viruses are known to move between dodder and its hosts, translocation of endogenous plant mRNA has not been reported.
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www.plantphysiol.org/cgi/doi/10.1104/pp.106.088369
www.plantphysiol.org/cgi/doi/10.1104/pp.106.088369
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Dodders are parasitic plants that obtain resources by drawing from the phloem of a host plant and have joint plasmodesmata with host cortical cells. Although viruses are known to move between dodder and its hosts, ... Cross-Species Translocation of mRNA from Host Plants into the Parasitic Plant Dodder1,[OA]
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www.plantphysiol.org/cgi/content/full/143/2/1037
www.plantphysiol.org/cgi/content/full/143/2/1037
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