Dear Editor,Cuscuta,a genus of parasitic plants,poses a significant threat to global agriculture due to its broad host range that encompasses numerous cultivated crops.The plants form specialized feeding organs(hausto...
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Parasitic plants and their hosts communicate through haustorial connections.Nutrient deficiency is a common stress for plants,yet little is known about whether and how host plants and parasites communicate during adap...
mRNAs are transported within a plant through phloem.Aphids are phloem feeders and dodders(Cuscuta spp.)are parasites which establish phloem connections with host plants.When aphids feed on dodders,whether there is tra...
Together with pathogenic microbes and herbivorous insects,parasitic plants are emerging as aggressive threats on agriculture worldwide.Among them,Cuscuta(dodder),a stem holoparasite,extracts nutrients and water from h...
a part of a PhD thesis by Dr. Toktam Sadat Firoozeei,supported by Tehran University of Medical Sciences,in order to fulfil the requirements of a PhD degree in Persian medicine。
Background: Major depressive disorder(MDD) accompanied by anxious distress is a chronic and disabling disorder. Its conventional drug therapies often have low patient compliance due to drug-related side effects. In Pe...
This work was supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB11050200);the National Science Foundation of China(31970274);CAS Youth Innovation Prom otion Association(2018426);the International Partnership Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(151853KYSB20170025).
Cuscuta species(dodders)are holoparasites that totally rely on host plants to survive.Although various mobile proteins have been identified to travel within a plant,whether and to what extent protein transfer between ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31872933 and 31272055);the National Transgenic Science and Technology Program(2019ZX08010-003)。
Dear Editor,Horizontal gene transfer(HGT)has long been recognized as asexual means of DNA transfer between different species.Although HGT is common to prokaryotes,it remains uncommon in higher eukaryotic species(Beiko...
Experiments were carried out to evaluate the effect of seed treatment on germination of Cuscuta campestris. This may provide the possible ways to overcome the problem of dormancy in Cuscuta campestris. The experiments...
Four solanaceous plant species, namely hot pepper (Capsicum frutescensL.), potato (Solanum tuberosumL.), tobacco (Nicotiana tabacumL.) and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentumMiller) were anatomically screened for compatib...
Previous studies demonstrated that cryptochromes are involved in blue light-induced coiling and prehaustoria development in young de-etiolated dodder seedlings. In this study, we suggest that carotenoids and chlorophy...