Agrobacterium-mediated Cuscuta campestris transformation as a tool for understanding plant-plant interactions.

Cuscuta campestris, a stem parasitic plant, has served as a valuable model plant for the exploration of plant-plant interactions and molecular trafficking. However, a major barrier to C. campestris research is that a method to generate stable transgenic plants has not yet been developed.

Rapid plant-to-plant systemic signaling via a Cuscuta bridge.

Two plants connected via a bridge exchange rapid systemic calcium, electric, and reactive oxygen species signals, suggesting that may have beneficial effects to host plants.