A hemiparasite in the forest understorey: photosynthetic performance and carbon balance of Melampyrum pratense

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Světlíková, P. - Hájek, Tomáš - Těšitel, J.
A hemiparasite in the forest understorey: photosynthetic performance and carbon balance of Melampyrum pratense.
Plant Biology. Roč. 20, č. 1 (2018), s. 50-58. ISSN 1435-8603. E-ISSN 1438-8677
Grant CEP: GA ČR GB14-36079G
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985939
Klíčová slova: heterotrophic carbon * parasitic plants * photosynthetic response
Obor OECD: Plant sciences, botany
Impakt faktor: 2.393, rok: 2018

The results point to potentially high importance of heterotrophic carbon acquisition in a hemiparasitic plant Melampyrum pratense, which could be of at least comparable importance as in other mixotrophic plants growing in forests – mistletoes and partial mycoheterotrophs. It is remarkable that despite apparent evolutionary pressure towards improved carbon acquisition from the host, M. pratense retains efficient photosynthesis and high transpiration rate, the ecophysiological traits typical of related root hemiparasites in the Orobanchaceae.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0284631