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

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

Fearing a resurgence of the New World Screwworm parasite in the U.S., the Department of Agriculture block livestock imports ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said May 11 that it is suspending imports of livestock through Mexico because of New World ...

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

The problem of 'parasitic plants' that parasitize other plants and steal their moisture and nutrients is an unavoidable problem for farmers, and in countries suffering from food shortages ...

Parasitic weeds are plants that obtain some or all of their nutrients and water from a host plant, to which they attach at either stem or root level. A major problem in other parts of the world ...

Common Broomrape (Orobanche minor) ...

And why are people so amorous when they find themselves beneath it? Mistletoe, a parasitic plant, is actually accustomed to the suspension: In nature, it grows only on other trees’ branches.

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 ...