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Habitat requirements and host selectivity of Thesium species (Santalaceae)
- 1.0358373 - BÚ 2012 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Dostálek, T. - Münzbergová, Zuzana
Habitat requirements and host selectivity of Thesium species (Santalaceae).
Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. Roč. 164, č. 4 (2010), s. 394-408. ISSN 0024-4074. E-ISSN 1095-8339
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT 2B06178; GA ČR GD206/08/H049
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60050516
Keywords : hemiparasites * host range and specifity * Santalales
Subject RIV: EF - Botanics
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The aim of this study was to identify the habitat requirements and host specificity of three root parasites in the genus Thesium (T. linophyllon, T. bavarum and T. ebracteatum).We found a positive association with surrounding species for T. linophyllon, but not for the other two species. The number of haustoria of T. linophyllon attached to roots of host species was affected by the number of roots of the surrounding species and by their identity (species, family and plant group). Thesium was, however, attached to 94% of all species occurring in the plots. We suggest that Thesium spp. do not specifically select hosts, but rather occur in microhabitats with specific conditions.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0196438
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