PRJNA524275
Dodder transmits salt-induced systemic signals between cucumber hosts
Cuscuta spp. (dodders) are shoot parasites that connected to vascular tissue of hosts extracting water, nutrients, metabolites, protein, mRNAs, evens virus from hosts. Furthermore, dodders can transmit herbivory-induced signals among plants. However, whether dodder transmits salt stress signals among hosts and what the inter-plant salt stress-induced systemic signal bring ecological significance remain unknown.