• DOI:10.2179/18-173
Corpus ID: 92178009

Host Cues Mediate Growth and Establishment of Oak Mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum, Viscaceae), an Aerial Parasitic Plant

@article{Randle2018HostCM,
  title={Host Cues Mediate Growth and Establishment of Oak Mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum, Viscaceae), an Aerial Parasitic Plant},
  author={Christopher Randle and Brandi C. Cannon and Amber Faust and Angela K Hawkins and S. E. Cabrera and S. Lee and M. L. Lewis and A. A. Perez and James Sopas and Timothy J. Verastegui and J. K. Williams},
  journal={Castanea},
  year={2018},
  volume={83},
  pages={249 - 262}
}

Christopher Randle, Brandi C. Cannon, +8 authors J. K. Williams

Published 2018

Biology

Castanea

ABSTRACT  The oak mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum, Viscaceae) is well-documented to exhibit preference for a few potential host species in a given locality, even when many potential host species are present. In trying to explain this distribution, we examined the mechanisms by which mistletoe seedlings recognize potentially suitable hosts in the Piney Woods ecoregion of east Texas. An initial survey of patterns of infection on the campus of Sam Houston State University revealed that water oak… CONTINUE READING

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