Orobanche, commonly known as broomrape, is a genus of almost 200 species of small parasitic herbaceous plants, mostly native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. It is the type genus of the broomrape family Orobanchaceae. It is a weed on broadleaf crop plants in Australia, where some states enforce mandatory destruction and reporting, as well as prohibition of sale.
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Orobanche
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Orobanche cumana
1 articleMustard-family plants in your vegetable beds release compounds that can wake up seeds of parasiti...
If you've ever grown tomatoes near fields plagued by broomrape — a rootless parasite that latches...
Dodder, that orange thread-like tangle strangling plants in your garden beds, and the ghost-like ...
If you grow tomatoes, carrots, or sunflowers, broomrape parasites can latch onto their roots invi...
Witchweed and broomrape, the vampires of the plant world, already devastate staple crops across A...
Same molecular signals that help legumes team up with soil bacteria to naturally fertilize themse...
Every article on Plant News that mentions a member of this genus, newest first.
Parasitic weeds that wreck crops respond to many natural chemicals besides the well-known strigolactones. Some of these, including compounds from plants like mustards, trigger germination at very low doses, which could lead to greener weed control.
If you've ever grown tomatoes near fields plagued by broomrape — a rootless parasite that latches onto tomato roots and can...
Dodder, that orange thread-like tangle strangling plants in your garden beds, and the ghost-like broomrape erupting under your...
If you grow tomatoes, carrots, or sunflowers, broomrape parasites can latch onto their roots invisibly underground and drain...
Witchweed and broomrape, the vampires of the plant world, already devastate staple crops across Africa and the Mediterranean —...
Same molecular signals that help legumes team up with soil bacteria to naturally fertilize themselves also get hijacked by...