Open AccessA Shot in the Dark: How Parasitic Plants Find Host Roots
Author(s) -
Jennifer Mach
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.110.220412
Subject(s) - biology , orobanchaceae , facultative , obligate , striga , obligate parasite , adaptation (eye) , host (biology) , weed , parasitism , parasitic plant , botany , key (lock) , ecology , germination , neuroscience
Parasitism, ranging from facultative to obligate and from general to very host specific, can be a great lifestyle, if you have the right adaptations. In the plant parasite family Orobanchaceae, which includes the agronomically destructive weed Striga , one key adaptation is the ability to sense the
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