EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FOR HOST RACES IN MISTLETOE (PHORADENDRON TOMENTOSUM)
EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FOR HOST RACES IN MISTLETOE (PHORADENDRON TOMENTOSUM)
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槲寄生 (Phoradendron tomentosum) 宿主种族的实验证据
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1985
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通讯作者:
M. Rejmánek
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作者:
K. Clay;D. Dement;M. Rejmánek
In order to test the hypothesis that mistletoes (Phoradendron tomentosum) are differentially adapted for the host species that they occur on, mistletoe seeds from the three most common hosts in central Texas (hackberry, Celtis occidentaliss elm, Ulmus crmsi.folia, and mesquite, Prosopsis glandalosa) were planted onto different individuals of each of the three hosts. Germination of seeds and formation of haustorial disks by seedlings were followed in the subsequent 17 months. Germination of seeds was very high for all nine combinations of maternal (sourc* and seed (experimental) hosts (range 82%-98%). There were no significant differences in seed germination between the two groups when source and experimental hosts were the same species and when they were different species. In contrast development of haustorial disks when source and experimental hosts were the same species was significantly greater than when experimental host and source host species were different. The data suggest that populations of mistletoes are genetically differentiated such that early seedling development is greatest when there is corre