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Curse of the perfect graft: how the haustorium allows parasitic plants to infect
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Curse of the perfect graft: how the haustorium allows parasitic plants to infect
There are many ways to live a parasitic lifestyle. But according to a new review in the Annals of Botany by Balios et al, all parasitic plants depend on a single specialized organ for infection, the haustorium. “The haustorium is a unique organ that is not found in non-parasitic plant species,” write Balios et al, who explain that the term haustorium was coined in the early 19th century “to describe suction structures in spermatophytes that live…
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