Editor's note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension Educator for Agriculture & Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening questions submitted by Dispatch readers.

Germination of field dodder (Cuscuta campestris Yunck.) was investigated in field and laboratory studies. Germination plots established to simulate field conditions showed a rapid decline in the ...

Ever heard of a dodder vine? I hadn’t – until I read “What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses” by Daniel Chamovitz. Turns out this widespread vine, all gawky and gangly, has what you might ...

Koske says that African economy, unlike other continents, is anchored on agriculture. If not checked early enough, field dodder, known scientifically as Cuscuta campestris, could cut projected ...

Whenever moisture and temperature were favorable for germination, new seedlings of field dodder (Cuscuta campestris Yunck.) emerged each week for two years after seeding in the field or greenhouse.

Parasitic plants do not haphazardly flail about looking for a host but sense volatile chemicals produced by other plants and identify potential hosts by their emissions, according to a team of Penn ...

One of the newest invasive exotics in California is hard to miss, but maybe also hard to see because it doesn't look much like a plant at all. It's Cuscuta japonica, "Japanese" dodder, a parasite ...

New research reveals that dodder has stolen over 100 functional genes from its hosts through a process called horizontal gene transfer. These genes contribute to dodder's ability to latch onto and ...