Hitting back at 'wiretapping' parasite
Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - 16:30
in Biology & Nature
Dodder vines are parasitic plants that suck water, nutrients and information from other plants as they spread over them. Plant biologists at the University of California, Davis, have now shown that they can make plants resistant to dodder by attacking the junctions where the parasite taps into the host.
