Field dodder

Scientific name: Cuscuta campestris

Officially approvedEntity code: ENT-0488

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Life cycle

Cuscuta campestris is an obligate parasitic plant that needs a host to complete its life cycle; after germination, its stem must touch a host within a few days or it dies.

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3Pacific Pests, Pathogens, Weeds and Pesticides fact sheet 426: Dodder (Cuscuta), parasitic plantSRC-DSC-409A6099B5
4An artificial host system enables the obligate parasite Cuscuta campestris to grow and reproduce in vitro (PMID 35294033, abstract)SRC-DSC-8032932DFB

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1Weed flora in irrigated alfalfa intercropped with olive trees along the Moulouya wadi, eastern MoroccoSRC-C540-B05-FCP6-ENT0488
2WFO Plant List: Cuscuta campestrisSRC-DSC-5BDD120468
3Pacific Pests, Pathogens, Weeds and Pesticides fact sheet 426: Dodder (Cuscuta), parasitic plantSRC-DSC-409A6099B5
4An artificial host system enables the obligate parasite Cuscuta campestris to grow and reproduce in vitro (PMID 35294033, abstract)SRC-DSC-8032932DFB
5Investigating Host and Parasitic Plant Interaction by Tissue-Specific Gene Analyses on Tomato and <i>Cuscuta campestris</i> Interface at Three Haustorial Developmental Stages (PMID 35222447, abstract)SRC-DSC-896AEE1396
6Footprints of parasitism in the genome of the parasitic flowering plant Cuscuta campestris (PMID 29955043, abstract)SRC-DSC-989550E590