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A hemiparasite in the forest understorey: photosynthetic performance and carbon balance of Melampyrum pratense
- 1.0490385 - BÚ 2019 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
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
R&D Projects: GA ČR GB14-36079G
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : heterotrophic carbon * parasitic plants * photosynthetic response
OECD category: Plant sciences, botany
Impact factor: 2.393, year: 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.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0284631
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