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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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) ...

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 ...