Ep. 336 - Parasitic Plants & their Hosts

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

Science & Medicine, Natural Sciences

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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How do parasitic plants find an appropriate host and what determines their range of host possibilities? These are the kinds of questions that drive Dr. Caitlin Conn's research. Join us as we explore some of the insight she has gained into parasitic plant ecology. This episode was produced in part by Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the Indefensive Plants Podcast, the official podcast of
0:04.4	IndefensivePlants.com.
0:05.9	What's up, this is your host Matt, welcome to the show, how's everyone doing this week?
0:10.4	Well I know I'm doing well because we are going to be talking about some of my favorite
0:14.7	plants in the entire plant kingdom, the parasites.
0:18.1	Now of course, parasites is not a family, genus or species of plants, it's a lifestyle
0:24.1	that's cropped up amongst a bunch of different groups.
0:27.6	And to study the interactions and how much they parasitize their hosts and how it might
0:31.8	have evolved is a fascinating realm of scientific inquiry.
0:36.0	Joining us to talk about this is Dr. Caitlin Khan.
0:38.8	Broadly speaking, her research falls under two big questions, how do parasites perceive
0:43.5	their hosts and what determines the range of host preferences that different parasitic
0:48.2	plants can take.
0:50.1	Most of her work focuses on the family Auroban Casey which produces some of the most beautiful
0:54.9	parasites in my opinion and her research gives us wonderful insights into the evolution
0:59.4	of this lifestyle not only within this family but across all of the parasitic plants we
1:04.0	can find on this planet.
1:05.8	So let's just jump right into it without further ado, here's my conversation with Dr.
1:10.3	Caitlin Khan.
1:11.3	I hope you enjoy.
1:25.9	All right, Dr. Caitlin Khan, it is so great to have you on the podcast.
1:29.6	I'm really excited to talk about your research today, but first let's introduce yourself.
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