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The plant parasite Cuscuta spp. and its hosts Fig 2. C. reflexa on the susceptible host plant Coleus blumei. At present, we are mainly using Cuscuta spp. (Fig. 2) as a model plant parasite to addressing the questions raised above. Living as obligate holoparasites with a very broad host spectrum, plants of the genus Cuscuta possess neither roots nor expanded leaves. […]The plant parasite Cuscuta spp. and its hosts Fig 2. C. reflexa on the susceptible host plant Coleus blumei. At present, we are mainly using Cuscuta spp. (Fig. 2) as a model plant parasite to addressing the questions raised above. Living as obligate holoparasites with a very broad host spectrum, plants of the genus Cuscuta possess neither roots nor expanded leaves. […]
