Host specificity has been investigated for centuries in mistletoes, viruses, insects,
parasitoids, lice and flukes, yet it is poorly understood. Reviewing the numerous studies on …

Plant Disease/July 2008 989 mistletoes, but studies have not yet confirmed their role in this
process (138). Dispersal. The coevolution of mistletoes with their avian vectors has resulted …

Loranthaceae (73 genera and ca. 900 species) comprise mostly aerial hemiparasitic plants.
Three monotypic genera considered relicts are root parasites. The family is diverse in …

The Orobanchaceae is the largest out of the twenty described families of parasitic plants.
This chapter clarifies the position of the Orobanchaceae within the world of parasitic plants. It …

The genus Psittacanthus is the larger of two closely related neotropical genera of
Loranthaceae; the other, much smaller genus is Aetanthus. They are distinct from all other …

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Plants have evolved various strategies to avoid inbreeding, but the mass flowering
displayed by many plants predisposes them to within‐plant pollen movements and self …

The Loranthaceae is the largest plant family with aerial branch parasites termed mistletoes.
Three genera of Loranthaceae are terrestrial root parasites and the remaining 72 genera are …

Parasitic weeds can be managed through sanitation, mechanical, chemical, cultural,
biological or crop-varietal methods. Because of the high genetic heterogeneity, fecundity …

Theory predicts that not all plant species will be equally affected by disruption to their
pollinator mutualisms because traits such as breeding system and mutualism strength can …