Aotearoa's only parasitic plant has been rediscovered in Wainuiomata, after wild populations of the species were thought to ...

More information: Anqi Zhou et al, Evolution of interorganismal strigolactone biosynthesis in seed plants, Science (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.adp0779 Provided by University of California - Riverside ...

Te pua o te Rēinga, the only parasitic plant endemic to Aotearoa, has been rediscovered in the Wainuiomata water collection ...

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A scholar at Virginia Tech is conducting research using a fungus to control populations of corn earworm -- one of the world's ...

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Common Broomrape (Orobanche minor) ...

A parasitic plant endemic to Aotearoa has been rediscovered near Wainuiomata after wild populations of the species were thought to be extinct in the region. In the Wellington region, Te pua o te ...