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Effects of a native parasitic plant on an exotic invader decrease with increasing host age.
Article in AoB PLANTS, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.
- Induced defence by a root hemiparasite increases host plant resistance against future infection.Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) · 2026Article
- Species-specific responses of invasive plants to parasitism are modified by climate warming.AoB PLANTS · 2026Article
- Legumes vary strongly in their quality as hosts for parasitic plants: interactions between the root hemiparasite Rhinanthus alectorolophus and 30 legume species.Annals of botany · 2025Article
- Host age affects the performance of the root hemiparasitic plantEcology and evolution · 2023Article
- Resource availability and parasitism intensity influence the response of soybean to the parasitic plantFrontiers in plant science · 2023Article
- Transcriptome analysis reveals defense-related genes and pathways during dodder (Frontiers in genetics · 2023Article
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- The impact of a native hemiparasite on a major invasive shrub is affected by host size at time of infection.Journal of experimental botany · 2020Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Understanding changes in the interactions between parasitic plants and their hosts in relation to ontogenetic changes in the hosts is crucial for successful use of parasitic plants as biological controls. We investigated growth, photosynthesis and chemical defences in different-aged Bidens pilosa plants in response to infection by Cuscuta australis. We were particularly interested in whether plant responses to parasite infection change with changes in the host plant age. Compared with the non-infected B. pilosa, parasite infection reduced total host biomass and net photosynthetic rates, but these deleterious effects decreased with increasing host age. Parasite infection reduced the concentrations of total phenolics, total flavonoids and saponins in the younger B. pilosa but not in the older B. pilosa. Compared with the relatively older and larger plants, younger and smaller plants suffered from more severe damage and are likely less to recover from the infection, suggesting that C. australis is only a viable biocontrol agent for younger B. pilosa plants.
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