 Instead, it will keep the plant hobbling along, diminished, but still photosynthesizing. Daughters don't make leaves because they don't need to. They get everything they need from the bodies of others, and they are exceptionally good at it. Daughters afflict agricultural fields globally, accounting for severe loss in 25 crop species across 55 countries. A plant yoked into daughter service just doesn't have what it takes to grow much fruit.