Research Articles
The Vampire Plant and Its Isotopic Secrets: How Desert Parasites Steal Nutrients
Discover how stable isotope analysis reveals the nutritional theft of Cynomorium songaricum, a parasitic plant in Tibetan Plateau and Gobi Desert ecosystems.
The Parasite Puzzle: Solving the Mystery of Spain's Sunflower Broomrapes
Discover the fascinating differences between Orobanche cernua and O. cumana, two parasitic plants in the Iberian Peninsula, and learn how scientists solved a long-standing botanical mystery.
The Sunflower's Hidden Vampire: Unlocking the Stealthy Plumbing of a Parasitic Plant
Discover how Orobanche cumana, the sunflower broomrape, creates a phloem connection to steal nutrients from sunflowers through sophisticated biological mechanisms.