THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CUSCUTA: DAMAGES AND USAGES

Maria Tanase, Camelia Sand and Gligor Ciortea

Revista Economica, 2012, vol. Supplement, issue 6, 45-49

Abstract: Many dicotyledonous weeds serve as hosts for Cuscuta. Such plants can support Cuscuta on road-sides, field borders, and other non-cropped areas, as well as within fields of non-host crops. Weedy hosts have two significant economic effects: not only can they perpetuate and even amplify the reservoir of Cuscuta seed in the soil during years in which non-host crops are grown, but they also serve as a first attachment site for Cuscuta seedlings. Much of the information found in literature refers to the medicinal - toxic properties of Cuscuta, as well as to its role as food for humans, as a research tool, as well as a natural dyer.

Date: 2012
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