A Legume Host Benefits More from Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Than a Grass Host in the Presence of a Root Hemiparasitic Plant [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2022 In nature, most plants parasitized by root hemiparasites are also colonized by mutualistic arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, highlighting the prevalence of this tripartite interaction.
Xiaolin Sui +4 more
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Contrasting effects of hemiparasites on ecosystem processes: can positive litter effects offset the negative effects of parasitism? [PDF]
Oecologia, 2010 Hemiparasites are known to influence community structure and ecosystem functioning, but the underlying mechanisms are not well studied. Variation in the impacts of hemiparasites on diversity and production could be due to the difference in the relative ...
Katharine N. Suding +3 more
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Forage offering and seasonal intake comparisons to evaluate European rabbit threat in Nothofagus forests of southern Patagonia [PDF]
Ecological Processes, 2022 Background The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus L. 1758) was introduced into different regions of the world, generating significant trade-offs that critically impacted native vegetation.
Alejandro Huertas Herrera +4 more
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The Population Biology of Annual Grassland Hemiparasites. I. The Host Environment [PDF]
Evolution, 1970 Two traits are common to all hemiparasitic plants: the ability to form root grafts with other plants via haustoria, and the presence of functional chlorophyll. Beyond this, further generalizations are not easily made. Hemiparasites grow as annuals, biennials, perennials, woody shrubs, vines and trees in a variety of habitats ranging from equatorial to ...
P R, Atsatt, Donald R, Strong
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Interactions between hemiparasitic plants and their hosts [PDF]
Plant Signaling & Behavior, 2010 Hemiparasitic plants display a unique strategy of resource acquisition combining parasitism of other species and own photosynthetic activity. Despite the active photoassimilation and green habit, they acquire substantial amount of carbon from their hosts.
Těšitel, Jakub +2 more
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Pharmacological Properties of Parasitic Plants: Current Evidence and the Role of Parasitic Lifestyle [PDF]
PlantsParasitic plants represent a unique group of angiosperms that extract nutrients from host plants through specialized structures called haustoria.
Tzvetelina Zagorcheva +4 more
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Planta, 2010 Hemiparasitic plants gain virtually all mineral nutrients and water from their host plant whilst organic carbon is provided, at least in part, by their own photosynthetic activity, although their rates of assimilation are substantially lower than that ...
Cameron, D.D.; id_orcid +2 more
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Comparative and phylogenetic analyses of Loranthaceae plastomes provide insights into the evolutionary trajectories of plastome degradation in hemiparasitic plants [PDF]
BMC Plant BiologyBackground The lifestyle transition from autotrophy to heterotrophy often leads to extensive degradation of plastomes in parasitic plants, while the evolutionary trajectories of plastome degradation associated with parasitism in hemiparasitic plants ...
Lilei Tang +6 more
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Range and Elevational Shifts of Mistletoes Under Future Climate Change Scenarios [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionClimate change is reshaping species' geographic distributions, with range shifts to higher elevations and latitudes. Parasitic plants like keystone mistletoes are particularly vulnerable to climate change because of their obligate dependence on host ...
Antonio Acini Vásquez‐Aguilar +4 more
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Effect of Epichloë Endophyte on the Growth and Carbon Allocation of Its Host Plant Stipa purpurea under Hemiparasitic Root Stress [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2023 Epichloë endophytes not only affect the growth and resistance of their host plants but also confer nutrient benefits to parasitized hosts. In this study, we used Pedicularis kansuensis to parasitize Stipa purpurea, both with and without endophytic fungi,
Peng Zhang +8 more
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