About 1% of flowering plants (around 4,000 species) are parasitic. Read on to discover 10 interesting examples of parasitic plants, where they can be found and how they steal nutrients from other ...

These extraordinary examples show that plants are far from passive. Despite their immobility, they have evolved strategies to mimic movement, predation, parasitism, and reproduction seen in animals.

But for every rule there is an exception. Some plants are non-photosynthetic and parasitic, obtaining their food through a host. All parasitic plants have special organs called haustoria that ...

Predation, herbivory, and parasitism are specific types ... drives adaptations in both the herbivore and the plant species it eats. For example, to reduce the damage done by herbivores, plants ...

Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPN) pose a hidden threat to vegetable production, with root-knot nematodes being among the most damaging soil-borne pests. These nematodes affect a wide range of crops and ...

There are various species of parasitic wasps, and each of them are more likely to target certain pests. For example ... and ...

The larvae of parasitic Hymenoptera are usually endoparasites (the ... which feed outside of the host’s body, and some that parasitise plants (for example, gall wasps). In a few cases, there are ...

Sequencing, microarray, and molecular markers-based genetic mapping of the loci underlying resistance or susceptibility against plant parasitic nematodes. • Cloning and functional identification of ...

Parasitic plants cause enormous damage to crops in arid regions Sudan has vast areas of potential cropland, but has been suffering from the devastating effects of the root parasitic weeds of the genus ...