Parasitic weeds extract water and nutrients from their host plants. But what makes these parasites so successful? A study led by Prof Susann Wicke from the Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity at ...

Answer: For me, the control approach depends mainly on the kind of tree, how bad the infestation is, and if the mistletoe is reasonably reachable. In a nutshell: there are many species of mistletoe ...

One of the most significant unanswered questions in plant pathology is how microbial eukaryotic pathogens, such as fungi and oomycetes, manipulate host metabolism and defences to establish disease.