Journals / Türkiye Herboloji Dergisi / 2015 / Cilt: 18 - Sayı: 3

A PARASITIC INVASIVE PLANT: CUSCUTA CAMPESTRIS YUNCK

İSTİLACI PARAZİT BİR BİTKİ: CUSCUTA CAMPESTRIS YUNCK

Pages
19–24
DOI
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Abstract

Cuscuta campestris Yunck is economically important in agriculture area in Turkey as well as in many countries. C. campestris is native in North America and is distributed all over the World. This parasitic plants is distributed all over the Turkey although less frequent in the Black Sea Region and it prefers sunlight. It is assumed that C. campestris was introduced in Turkey in 1925 via imported seeds and then distributed all over the countries. It has more than 40 host species including both weeds and crop plants in Turkey

Özet

Cuscuta campestris Yunck is economically important in agriculture area in Turkey as well as in many countries. C. campestris is native in North America and is distributed all over the World. This parasitic plants is distributed all over the Turkey although less frequent in the Black Sea Region and it prefers sunlight. It is assumed that C. campestris was introduced in Turkey in 1925 via imported seeds and then distributed all over the countries. It has more than 40 host species including both weeds and crop plants in Turkey

Keywords: Cuscuta campestris, invasive, parasitic weeds