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Introduction: The Parasitic Syndrome in Higher Plants

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Parasitic Orobanchaceae

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The Orobanchaceae is the largest out of the twenty described families of parasitic plants. This chapter clarifies the position of the Orobanchaceae within the world of parasitic plants. It presents a general description of the diversity of parasitic plants within the Plant Kingdom and explains the main modes of plant parasitism, briefly describing the parasites belonging to the various families.

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Heide-Jørgensen, H.S. (2013). Introduction: The Parasitic Syndrome in Higher Plants. In: Joel, D., Gressel, J., Musselman, L. (eds) Parasitic Orobanchaceae. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38146-1_1

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