introduction dodder (cascuta campestris yuncker) is an annual parasitic plant from the convolvulaceae family (mishra et al., 2007). it wraps around many adjacent dicot and a few monocot plants, penetrates in their vascular tissue and exploits photosynthates, nutrients and water (lanini & kogan, 2005). consequently, the growth, vigor and production of the host plant will be severely reduced (nad...

What is that queer plant drapes itself chaotically over the top of trees and bushes? You know one along road on way into town? 
 Ah yes! mean with no leaves, looks like tangled yarn caught up in branches? Yes, it its floating airborne canopy, smothering embracing at same time. Well, that's common name snotty gobble or Dodder-Laurel!!! Dodder may look chaotic but only demands how you view i...

in order to evaluate the allelopathic potential of sunflower (helianthus annus l.) organs on germination and growth of dodder (cuscuta compestris l.), series studies were conducted in three separate experiments; as factorial based on completely randomized design (crd) with three replications for each experiments. first experiment was conducted in petri dishes and consisted of sunflower organs a...