Parasitic weeds are ruthless freeloaders, stealing nutrients from crops and devastating harvests. But what if farmers could ...

Instead of making food from sunlight, some of these plants have become parasitic and primarily suck nutrients out of the fungi in their roots. Whether these orchids change their feeding method ...

The Kobe University botanist SUETSUGU Kenji says: "I've always been intrigued by how orchids turn parasitic. Why would a plant give up its reliance on photosynthesis and instead 'steal' from fungi?" ...

La Trobe University researchers have been studying the novel bacterium Mycosynbacter amalyticus —dubbed "microbial dark matter" by scientists—after discovering it has the power to disrupt other ...

Chinese scientists have identified genes in sorghum that confer resistance to a major parasitic plant, providing a crucial foundation for developing Striga-resistant crop varieties, researchers said.

Kobe University botanist Suetsugu Kenji says, "I've always been intrigued by how orchids turn parasitic. Why would a plant give up its reliance on photosynthesis and instead 'steal' from fungi?" ...

The Kobe University botanist SUETSUGU Kenji says: “I’ve always been intrigued by how orchids turn parasitic. Why would a plant give up its reliance on photosynthesis and instead ‘steal ...