The plant genus Cuscuta consists of more than 200 species that can be found almost all over the world. The parasites, known as dodder, but also called wizard's net, devil's hair or strangleweed, feed ...

Swamp dodder continues to spread through Wisconsin carrots, reducing crop yield and quality. Greenhouse research was conducted to evaluate the effect of swamp dodder infection timing on carrot ...

Some flowers release a pleasing fragrance. Other plants smell. And then there's the parasitic dodder vine, which has the remarkable ability to sniff out its victims. Farmers have placed the dodder - ...

Parasitic dodders use outgrowths called haustoria to leech water and nutrients from their host plants. Jingxiong Zhang, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Parasitic ...

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources [DENR] is working with Aberfeldy Nurseries to track down basil plants infested with dodder, saying that “it is of critical importance that the ...

Q:I have a lot of dodder (haven't kept after it) in one of the raised beds in which I am growing vegetables. Had a little last year, but this is a mess. Is the only way to get rid of it to replace the ...

I wasn’t sure if I should write about a plant that few people are aware of or ever notice. But watching a short YouTube video convinced me. In the video, scientists placed a small wheat plant and a ...

Plants of the genus Cuscuta have colorful folk names, such as wizard's net, devil's guts, strangle tare or witch's hair. They are leaf- and rootless parasites and grow on their host plants without ...

Dodder vines are parasitic plants that suck water, nutrients and information from other plants as they spread over them. Plant biologists have now shown that they can make plants resistant to dodder ...

South Delhi’s green cover is under threat due to various reasons, be it mindless chopping of trees by authorities or the carelessness of locals. There have been instances when pruning was not done in ...

I first saw the patch of orange out of the corner of my eye as I was heading home along I-75 a couple of weeks ago. Each day thereafter it seemed to get larger and larger. In fact, it was growing, and ...