Parasitic plants, including the root holoparasites Orobanche spp., cause devastating damage to crops worldwide. Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) is widely used an amenable model for the study of plant biology, including plant-pathogen interactions. Bringing the two plants together in a controlled system will enable the study of the molecular and genetic basis involved in host-parasitic plant interacti...

Five species of the subgenus Galumna (Galumna) (Acari, Oribatida, Galumnidae) are registered in the Philippine oribatid mite fauna. A new species, Galumna (Galumna) makilingensissp. n., is described; it is most similar morphologically to Galumna (Galumna) tokyoensis Aoki, 1966, but differs from the latter by the morphology of porose areas Aa and Ap, rostral setae, and length of interlamellar se...

BACKGROUND A new shampoo with anti-Malassezia properties obtained from various plants is required to provide seborrheic dermatitis patients with a wider range of treatment options. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to obtain in vitro susceptibility profiles of Malassezia restricta and M. globosa, the most important pathogenic organisms in the development of seborrheic dermatitis, to the pla...

introduction: mycorrhizal symbiosis is one of the most popular and highest symbiotic relationship in plant kingdom. most plants (about 80% of vascular plant species) have at least one type of mycorrhiza. arbuscular mycorrhizal fungies are the most important endomycorhiza fungi that play an important role in agriculture. materials and methods: in order to evaluate the effect of arbuscular mycorr...

Parasitic angiosperms are a pest for many crops in the World. Broomrapes (Orobanche spp.) belong to this group of parasites and attach to the roots of the hosts in order to take water and nutrients from them. This causes a pernicious effect on the crops which can lead to a complete yield loss in some cases. No complete control measures are available to date, but breeding for resistance remains ...

Two parasitic and achlorophyllous species, Aeginetia indica and Orobanche minor belonging to the family Orobanchaceae, were surveyed for flavonoids. The flowers and aerial parts of A. indica were exracted with MeOH and the flavonoids were isolated by various chromatographical techniques. Two anthocyanins were obtained from the flowers together with other flavonoids, and characterized as cyanidi...

We report on the occurrence of Orobanche krylowii in the Alpet Shqiptare (Prokletije, Albanian Alps) mountain range in northern Albania (Balkan Peninsula). The species was previously known only from eastern-most Europe (Volga-Kama River in Russia), more than 2500 km away, and from adjacent Siberia and Central Asia. We used morphological evidence as well as nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences to sho...