References to Cuscuta

There is a large volume of literature available for Cuscuta, hence this list is by no means exhaustive. For an excellent recent review with over 300 references, see Dawson, Musselman and Dörr (1994). If you have citations not included here, please send them to me (peferably electronically) and I will post them on this page. D. L. Nickrent.

Al-Menoufi, O. A. & F. M. Ashton. 1991. Studies on the parasitism of Cuscuta: Susceptibility and resistance of some Lycopersicon species to Cuscuta campestris infection. Pp. 293-297, Proc. 5th Int. Symposium Parasitic Weeds (Nairobi) CIMMYT.

Al-Menoufi, O. A., A. Farag Samia & I. Tantawy. 1996. Effect of dodder (Cuscuta chinensis) on the productivity of some varieties of alfalfa (Medicago sativa). Pp. 393-398 in M. T. Moreno, J. I. Cubero, D. Berner, D. Joel, L. J. Musselman, & C. Parker (Editors), Advances in Parasitic Plant Research. Junta de Andalucia, Dirección General de Investigación Agraria, Cordoba, Spain.

Allred, K. R. & D. C. Tingey. 1964. Germination and spring emergence of dodder as influenced by temperature. Weeds 12: 45-48.

Baldev, B. 1962. In vitro studies of floral induction on stem apices of Cuscuta reflexa Roxb, a short day plant. Ann. Bot. 26: 173-180.

Béliz, T. d. C. 1988. Current research in Cuscuta and characters defining species and species groups. Haustorium 20: 3-4.

Béliz, T. d. C. 1986. A revision of Cuscuta Sect. Cleistogrammica using phenetic and cladistic analyses with a comparison of reproductive mechanisms and host preferences in species from California, Mexico, and Central America. Pp. 182, Botany. University of California, Berkeley, California.

Béliz, T. d. C. 1987. Reproductive mechanisms and host preferences in five Cuscuta L. species (Cuscutaceae) from California, Mexico, and Central America. Pp. 83-91 in H. C. Weber & W. Forstreuter (Editors), Parasitic Flowering Plants. Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany.

Berg, S., K. Krause, and K. Krupinska. 2004. The rbcL genes of two Cuscuta species, C. gronovii and C. subinclusa, are transcribed by the nuclear-encoded plastid RNA polymerase (NEP). Planta 219: 541-546.

Berg, S., K. Krupinska, and K. Krause. 2003. Plastids of three Cuscuta species differing in plastid coding capacity have a common parasite-specific RNA composition. Planta 218: 135-142.

Bewick, T. A., L. K. Binning & B. Yandell. 1988. A degree day model for predicting the emergence of swamp dodder in cranberry. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 113: 839-841.

Bewick, T. A., L. K. Binning, W. R. Stevenson & J. Stewart. 1987. A mycoherbicide for control of swamp dodder (Cuscuta gronovii Willd.) Cuscutaceae. Pp. 93-104 in H. C. Weber & W. Forstreuter (Editors), Parasitic Flowering Plants. Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany.

Boireau, E. & A. Fer. 1996. Sulfur nutrition and metabolism in a parasitic higher plant, Cuscuta. Pp. 365-374 in M. T. Moreno, J. I. Cubero, D. Berner, D. Joel, L. J. Musselman, & C. Parker (Editors), Advances in Parasitic Plant Research. Junta de Andalucia, Dirección General de Investigación Agraria, Cordoba, Spain.

Bömmer, D., G. Haberhausen & K. Zetsche. 1993. A large deletion in the plastid DNA of the holoparasitic flowering plant Cuscuta reflexa concerning two ribosomal proteins (rpl2, rpl23), one transfer RNA (trnI) and an ORF 2280 homologue. Curr. Genet. 24: 171-176.

Bumel, P., L. Witte, F. C. Czygan & P. Proksch. 1994. Transfer of quinolizidinealkaloids from various host plants of the Fabaceae to parasitising Cuscuta species. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 22: 647-656.

Bunning, E. & R. Kautt. 1965. Uber den Chemotropismus der Keimlinge von Cuscuta europaea. Biol. Zentralbl. 75: 356-359.

Bungard, R.A., Ruban, A.V., Hibberd, J.M., Press, M.C., Horton, P., & Scholes, J.D. 1999. Unusual carotenoid composition and a new type of xanthophyll cycle in plants. Proceeding of the National Academy of Science of the U.S.A (PNAS) 96, 1135-1139.

Capdepon, M., A. Fer & P. Ozenda. 1985. Sur un systéme inédit de rejet d'un parasite: exemple de la Cuscute sur Cotonnier (C. lupuliformis Krock. sur Gossypium hirsutum L.). C. R. Acad. Sc. Paris 300 (III): 227-232.

Carraro, L., R. Osler, N. Loi & M. A. Favalli. 1991. Transmission characteristics of the clover phyllody agent by dodder. J. Phytopath. 133: 15-22.

Chauhan, J. S. & H. S. Srivastava. 1981. Some aspects of regulation of nitrate reductase EC-1.6.6.1 activity in the seedlings of an angiosperm parasite Cuscuta reflexa. Plant Biochem. J. 7: 25-36.

Cooke, D. A. & I. D. Black. 1987. Biology and control of Cuscuta campestris and other Cuscuta spp.: a bibliographic review. South Australian Department of Agriculture, Adelaide, South Australia.

Crocker, J. 1987. The ecology and control of Cuscuta campestris. Australian Weeds Research Newsletter 36: 51-55.

Dawson, J. H. & A. R. Saghir. 1983. Herbicides applied to dodder (Cuscuta ) after attachment to alfalfa (Medicago sativa). Weed Science 31: 465-471.

Dawson, J. H. 1965. Prolonged emergence of field dodder. Weeds 13: 373-374.

Dawson, J. H. 1987. Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae) and its control. Pp. 137-149 in H. C. Weber & W. Forstreuter (Editors), Parasitic Flowering Plants. Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany.

Dawson, J. H. 1990. Dodder (Cuscuta spp.) control with dinitroaniline herbicides in alfalfa (Medicago sativa). Weed Techn. 4: 341-348.

Dawson, J. H., L. J. Musselman, P. Wolswinkel & I. Dörr. 1994. Biology and control of Cuscuta. Rev. Weed Sci. 6: 265-317.

de Bock, F. & A. Fer. 1992. Effects of abscisic acid on the transfer of sucrose from host, Pelargonium zonale (L.) Aiton, to a phanerogamic parasite, Cuscuta reflexa Roxb. Aust. J. Plant Phys. 19.

Dean, H. L. 1954. Dodder overwintering as haustorial tissues within Cuscuta-induced galls. Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 61: 99-106.

Dinelli, G., A. Bonetti & E. Tibiletti. 1993. Photosynthetic and accessory pigments in Cuscuta campestris Yuncker and some host species. Weed Res. 33: 253-260.

Dörr, I. 1972. Der Anschluss der Cuscuta-Hyphen und die Siebrühren ihrer Wirtspflanzen. Protoplasma 75: 167-184.

Dörr, I. 1987. The haustorium of Cuscuta - new structural results. Pp. 163-170 in H. C. Weber & W. Forstreuter (Editors), Parasitic Flowering Plants. Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany.

Eherenfeld, K., P. Bäumel, F. C. Czygan & P. Proksch. 1996. Alkaloid uptake and metabolism in sterile cultures of Cuscuta reflexa Roxb. (Cuscutaceae). Pp. 347-354 in M. T. Moreno, J. I. Cubero, D. Berner, D. Joel, L. J. Musselman, & C. Parker (Editors), Advances in Parasitic Plant Research. Junta de Andalucia, Dirección General de Investigación Agraria, Cordoba, Spain.

Fer, A. 1976. Absorption, translocation and metabolism of phosphates by Cuscuta gronovii Willd. seedlings during their preparasitic stage. Biol. Plant. 18: 450-459.

Fer, A. 1976. Photosynthesis and respiration in Cuscuta lupuliformis Krock seedlings during their preparasitic stage. Physiologie Vegetale 14: 357-365.

Fer, A. 1984. Physiological approach to the chemical control of Cuscuta: experiments with 14C-labelled herbicides. Pp. 164-174 in C. Parker, L. J. Musselman, R. M. Polhill, & A. K. Wilson (Editors), Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Parasitic Weeds. The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria.

Fratianne, D. G. 1965. The interrelationship between the flowering of dodder and the flowering of some long and short day plants . Amer. J. Bot. 52: 556-562.

Freyer, R., K. Neckermann, R. M. Maier & H. Kössel. 1995. Structural and functional analysis of plastid genomes from parasitic plants: loss of an intron within the genus Cuscuta. Curr. Genet. 27: 580-586.

Frolísek, M. 1987. Results of our studies on dodder (Cuscuta spp.) control in lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) in Czechoslovakia. Pp. 231-240 in H. C. Weber & W. Forstreuter (Editors), Parasitic Flowering Plants. Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany.

Gaertner, E. E. 1950. Studies of seed germination, seed identification and host relationships in dodders, Cuscuta, Cornell University Agric. Exp. Station Memoir.

Gimesi, A. 1987. Chemical control of Cuscuta species. Pp. 249-252 in H. C. Weber & W. Forstreuter (Editors), Parasitic Flowering Plants. Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany.

Gómez, J. M. 1994. Importance of direct and indirect effects in the interaction between a parasitic angiosperm (Cuscuta epithymum) and its host plant (Hormathophylla spinosa). Oikos 71: 97-106.

Guerra, M., and M. A. Garcia. 2004. Heterochromatin and rDNA sites distribution in the holocentric chromosomes of Cuscuta approximata Bab. (Convolvulaceae). Genome 47: 134-140.

Haberhausen, G. & K. Zetsche. 1994. Functional loss of all ndh genes in an otherwise relatively unaltered plastid genome of the holoparasitic flowering plant Cuscuta reflexa. Plant Mol. Biol. 24: 217-222.

Haberhausen, G., K. Valentin & K. Zetsche. 1992. Organization and sequence of photosynthetic genes from the plastid genome of the holoparasitic flowering plant Cuscuta reflexa. Mol. Gen. Genet. 232: 154-161.

Haidar, M. A., G. L. Orr & P. Westra. 1997. Effects of light and mechanical stimulation on coiling and prehaustoria formation in Cuscuta. Weed Research (Oxford) 37: 219-228.

Haupt, S. & S. Neumann. 1996. Transfer of assimilates and xenobiotics from host plants to the parasite Cuscuta reflexa Roxb. Pp. 355-364 in M. T. Moreno, J. I. Cubero, D. Berner, D. Joel, L. J. Musselman, & C. Parker (Editors), Advances in Parasitic Plant Research. Junta de Andalucia, Dirección General de Investigación Agraria, Cordoba, Spain.

Heide-Jørgensen, H. S. 1987. Changes in cuticle structure during development and attachment of the upper haustorium of Cuscuta L., Cassytha L., and Viscum L. Pp. 319-334 in H. C. Weber & W. Forstreuter (Editors), Parasitic Flowering Plants. Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany.

Hibberd, J.M., Bungard, R.A., Press, M.C., Jeschke, W.D., Scholes, J.D., & Quick, W.P. 1998. Localization of photosynthetic metabolism in the parasitic angiosperm Cuscuta reflexa. Planta 205, 506-513.

Hosford, R. M. 1967. Transmission of plant viruses by dodder . Bot. Rev. 33: 387-406.

Hutchison, J. M. & F. M. Ashton. 1979. Effect of desiccation and scarification on the permeability and structure of the seed coat of Cuscuta campestris. Amer. J. Bot. 66: 40-46.

Hutchison, J. M. & F. M. Ashton. 1980. Germination of field dodder (Cuscuta campestris). Weed Sci. 28: 330-333.

Ihl, B. & F. Jacob. 1990. Functioning of Cuscuta haustoria by benzylaminopurine. Haustorium 24: 4.

Jeschke, W. D. & A. Hilpert. 1996. Does assimilate or nitrogen supply from the host limit growth of Cuscuta? Experiments with Ricinus communis and Cuscuta reflexa. Pp. 375-384 in M. T. Moreno, J. I. Cubero, D. Berner, D. Joel, L. J. Musselman, & C. Parker (Editors), Advances in Parasitic Plant Research. Junta de Andalucia, Dirección General de Investigación Agraria, Cordoba, Spain.

Jeschke, W. D., N. Roth, P. Bumel, F. C. Czygan & P. Proksch. 1994. Modelling of flows and partitioning of carbon and nitrogen in the holoparasite Cuscuta reflexa Roxband its host Lupinus albus L. I. Methods for estimating net flows. J. Exp. Bot. 45: 791-800.

Jeschke, W. D., P. Baumel, N. Rath, F. C. Czygan & P. Proksch. 1994. Modelling the flow and partitioning of carbon and nitrogen in the holoparasite Cuscuta reflexa Roxb and its host Lupinus albus L. II. Flows between host and parasite and within the parasitized host. Journal of Experimental Botany. 45: 801-812.

Johri, B. M. 1987. Embryology of Cuscuta L. (Cuscutaceae). Pp. 445-448 in H. C. Weber & W. Forstreuter (Editors), Parasitic Flowering Plants. Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany.

Kelly, C. K. 1990. Plant foraging: A marginal value model and coiling response in Cuscuta subinclusa. Ecology 71: 1916-1925.

Kelly, C. K. 1992. Resource choice in Cuscuta europaea. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 89: 12194-12197.

Klein, W. 1987. The spread of Cuscuta reflexa Roxb. Pp. 485-488 in H. C. Weber & W. Forstreuter (Editors), Parasitic Flowering Plants. Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany.

Kobayashi, T., T. Sakamoto, T. Wakasugi, K. Furuhashi, and K. Yamada. 2004. Expression of cytokinin-responsive genes during the haustorium differentiation in a holoparasitic plant, Cuscuta japonica. Plant and Cell Physiology 45: S211-S211.

Koch, A. M., C. Binder, and I. R. Sanders. 2004. Does the generalist parasitic plant Cuscuta campestris selectively forage in heterogeneous plant communities? New Phytologist 162: 147-155.
Koskela, T. 2002. Variation in life-history traits among Urtica dioica populations with different history in parasitism by the holoparasitic plant Cuscuta europaea. Evolutionary Ecology 16: 433-454.

Krause, K., S. Berg, and K. Krupinska. 2003. Plastid transcription in the holoparasitic plant genus Cuscuta: parallel loss of the rrn16 PEP-promoter and of the rpoA and rpoB genes coding for the plastid-encoded RNA polymerase. Planta 216: 815-823.

Kuoh, C. S. & G. I. Liao. 1993. Flower initiation and development in Cuscuta australis R. Br. (Convolvulaceae). Taiwania 38: 99-107.

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Laudi, G., P. Medeghini-Bonatti & G. Fricano. 1974. Ultrastructure of plastids of parasitic plants. V. Influence of light on Cuscuta plastids. Israeli Journal of Botany 23.

Lee, K. B. & C. D. Lee. 1989. The structure and development of the haustorium in Cuscuta australis. Canadian J. Bot. 67: 2975-2982.

Libbert, E. & I. Urban. 1967. Morphological and anatomical effects of indole-3-acetic acid on parasitising and in vitro growing Cuscuta lupuliformis. Fl. Allg. Bot. Zeit. 157: 454-466.

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Lyshede, O. B. 1984. Seed structure and germination in Cuscuta pedicellata with some notes on C. campestris. Nord. J. Bot. 4: 669-674.

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