During a recent scientific expedition in the primeval forests of the Ailao Mountains in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, a Sichuan entomologist unexpectedly discovered seven rare saprophytic plants ...

Invasive microbes, plants and animals are a major threat to the composition and functioning of ecosystems; however, the mechanistic basis of why exotic species can be so abundant and disruptive is not ...

Hundreds of nonphotosynthetic mycoheterotrophic plant species cheat the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Their patchy local occurrence suggests constraints by biotic and abiotic factors, among which ...

A: Plants do need sunlight or other light sources to power the chemical reactions of photosynthesis and make food for themselves. But some plants rely on others to make food for them and can survive ...

Q: Do all plants need sunlight? A: Plants do need sunlight or other light sources to power the chemical reactions of photosynthesis and make food for themselves. But some plants rely on others to make ...

THE germ tubes of obligate parasites such as the rust fungi and powdery mildews fail to grow in the absence of host plants. This may be caused by metabolic blocks, the general location of which should ...