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| Assisting species differentiation and taxonomic classification by hyperspectral imaging: an example from the parasitic plant realm |
Our study demonstrates the effectiveness of hyperspectral imaging combined with machine learning for identifying and classifying parasitic Cuscuta species. The findings highlight the potential of this approach for rapid, non-destructive field diagnostics and precision agriculture applications. As imaging hardware continues to improve and become more affordable, such integrated systems could be deployed in real-world crop […] |
March 24, 2026 |
| Taken to extremes: Loss of plastid rpl32 in Streptophyta and Cuscuta’s unconventional solution for its replacement |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108243 […] |
January 23, 2025 |
| Rising from the shadows: Selective foraging in model shoot parasitic plants |
https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14781 This review summarizes the sensorial abilities that drive host location and selection in Cuscuta species, from directed growth of foraging individuals to initiation of parasitic structures. […] |
January 22, 2024 |
| Cuscuta campestris fine-tunes gene expression during haustoriogenesis as an adaptation to different hosts |
https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiad505 In this paper we show that Cuscuta can parry the changes in host cell wall composition that it triggered during its infection and that different host species are met with different strategies of gene expression fine-tuning. The same can be triggered by offering isolated cell wall polysaccharides in a host-free system (without a live […] |
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| A host-free transcriptome for haustoriogenesis in Cuscuta campestris: signature gene expression identifies markers of successive development stages |
The development of the infection organ of the parasitic angiosperm genus Cuscuta is a dynamic process that is normally obscured from view as it happens endophytically in its host. We artificially induced haustoriogenesis in C. campestris by far-red light to define specific morphologically different stages and analyze their transcriptional patterns. This information enabled us to extract sets of high-confidence […] |
January 31, 2022 |
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