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I am excited to see Parasitic Plants and the work on combating the root parasitic plant Striga featured in Washington, D.C., at the U.S. Botanic […]

Phtheirospermum japonicum, like most hemiparasitic species in the Orobanchaceae, forms multiple haustoria along its roots when it detects a nearby host. In this PNAS Brief […]

Parasitic plants use virulence factors (VFs), including proteins, RNAs and small molecules, to successfully infect a host plant. To reach host cells, VFs must be […]

Functional Ecology, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14658 1. Plants infected by parasitic species might be further stressed by climate warming as both factors can influence the host plant’s nutrient acquisition […]

Ecology, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4418 Common mycorrhizal networks (CMNs) can link multiple plants and distribute nutrients among them. However, how parasitic plants regulate the carbon and nutrient exchange between CMNs […]

Applied Soil Ecology, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2024.105583 Parasitic plants can mediate soil conditioning by invasive and native host plant species, but how this may affect the competitive ability of […]

Come and join us! Registration fee waiver abstract competition deadline is the 15th of October. […]

I am pleased to share our latest publication on strigolactone (SL) biosynthesis in rice: DOI: 10.1111/nph.20135 […]

Emeline N. Dossa, Hussein Shimelis, and Admire I. T Shayanowako School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg […]

Crystalline ZIF-8 (C-ZIF-8) and amorphous ZIF-8 (Am-ZIF-8) were prepared and investigated to control the germination of Strigahermonthica, a root parasitic plant, which threatens cereal cropsproduction […]

Emeline N. Dossa*, Hussein Shimelis, Admire I. T. Shayanowako In this study, genetically diverse and complementary lines were selected among tropical and sub-tropical maize populations […]