Effects of Hemiparasites in Grassland Restorations Are Not Universal [PDF]
DiversityRoot hemiparasites infiltrate the vascular tissue of host roots to acquire water and nutrients, which often reduces host growth. Hemiparasites are postulated to be keystone species in grassland communities if they suppress dominant species and increase ...
Anna Scheidel, Victoria Borowicz
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DEGREE OF INFESTATION AND PREFERENCES OF HEMIPARASITES IN URBAN ARBORIZATION [PDF]
Revista Árvore, 2023 Mistletoe is an important nutritional resource for the frugivorous ornithological fauna in several ecosystems. However, in great intensity, they can reduce the vigor of their host trees, requiring adequate management in urban afforestation, without ...
Theonizi Angélica Silva Albuês +4 more
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Hemiparasitic Castilleja presence is correlated with increased plant biodiversity across montane plant communities. [PDF]
Am J BotAbstract Premise Root hemiparasites form haustoria in belowground roots of hosts to extract nutrients and water from the surrounding hosts. Through parasitic symbiosis, these plants disproportionately affect plant communities relative to their abundance by reducing host size, altering nutrient flow, and eventually increasing local biodiversity.
Argrett JC +5 more
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Becoming Entangled: Queer Attachments with Hemiparasites [PDF]
Performance Philosophy, 2021 What is that queer plant that drapes itself chaotically over the top of trees and bushes? You know the one along the road on the way into town? Ah yes! You mean the one with no leaves, that looks like tangled yarn caught up in the branches?
Lesley Instone, Rhett D'Costa
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Root hemiparasites suppress invasive alien clonal plants: evidence from a cultivation experiment [PDF]
NeoBiotaAlien invasive plants threaten biodiversity by rapid spread and competitive exclusion of native plant species. Especially, tall clonal invasives can rapidly attain strong dominance in vegetation. Root-hemiparasitic plants are known to suppress the growth
Tamara Těšitelová +4 more
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Induced defence by a root hemiparasite increases host plant resistance against future infection. [PDF]
Plant Biol (Stuttg)Infection by root hemiparasites can increase mortality of parasites during future infection, indicating induced host defence mechanisms. Abstract European grassland plants are frequently attacked by root hemiparasites. However, little is known about host defence responses to parasitism.
Wanke SC, Matthies D.
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The Complete Plastomes of Five Hemiparasitic Plants (Osyris wightiana, Pyrularia edulis, Santalum album, Viscum liquidambaricolum, and V. ovalifolium): Comparative and Evolutionary Analyses Within Santalales [PDF]
Frontiers in Genetics, 2020 Most species of Santalales (the sandalwood order) are hemiparasites, including both facultative and obligate hemiparasites. Despite its rich diversity, only a small fraction of the species in the sandalwood order have sequenced plastomes.
Xiaorong Guo +8 more
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Promising biocontrol effects of a native hemiparasitic plant against a non-native C4 grass [PDF]
Scientific ReportsHemiparasitic plants are known to be able to diversify degraded grasslands by lowering the competitive power of dominant grasses. Recent research indicates that hemiparasites may also be used against invasive alien plants.
Csaba Tölgyesi +12 more
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Closely related parasitic plants have similar host requirements and related effects on hosts [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 The performance of root hemiparasites depends strongly on host species identity, but it remains unknown whether there exist general patterns in the quality of species as hosts for hemiparasites and in their sensitivity to parasitism.
Diethart Matthies
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