Field Dodder and Tomato Plants

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Uploaded by on Sep 29, 2006

Taken from www.psu.edu/ur/2006/parasiticplantphotos.htm 'Parasitic Plants Sniff Out Hosts'

A timelapse video clip of a dodder seedling seeking and finding host tomato plant.

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  • lolol bio 18

  • no it is not photosynthetic and has no roots - relies completely on the host.

  • Ich liebe Dodder? f#ck you

  • is this dodder is phosyntthetic? i mean it has chlorophyl?

  • Ich liebe Dodder nicht! du ist disgusting!

  • The dodder uses chemical cues in the air to locate its host. The movements seen are much like those of many vines, but only the dodder has been shown to use this system of "olfaction" for location of a suitable host. When it contacts the host stem it forms root-like structures called haustoria that penetrate the host's surface tissue to drain the host of vital nutrients.

  • cute :)

  • Creepy plant...very cool!

  • so did it infect it or did it die

  • Ich liebe Dodder.

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