Critic's Choice Essay: Mistletoe, Phoradendron Serotinum (Raf.) Johnston

The northern range of eastern mistletoe, Phoradendron serotinum (Viscaceae), and its status in Ohio. 1

SPOONER, D. M. (Dept. Botany, The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH 43210). The northern range of eastern mistletoe, Phoradendron serotinum (Viscaceae) and its status in Ohio. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 110: 489-493. 1983.The northern limits of Phoradendron serotinum (Raf.) M. C. Johnston have often been believed to have been determined by cold temperatures. A map of the northern range of the species,...

Holiday Plants with Toxic Misconceptions

Several plants are used for their decorative effect during winter holidays. This review explores the toxic reputation and proposed management for exposures to several of those, namely poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima), English holly (Ilex aquifolium), American holly (Ilex opaca), bittersweet (Solanum dulcamara), Jerusalem cherry (Solanum pseudocapsicum), American mistletoe (Phoradendron seroti...

Isolation of 18 microsatellite loci in the desert mistletoe Phoradendron californicum (Santalaceae) via 454 pyrosequencing1

UNLABELLED PREMISE OF THE STUDY Microsatellite primers were developed for the parasitic mistletoe Phoradendron californicum to investigate to what extent population genetic structure depends on host tree distribution within a highly fragmented landscape. • METHODS AND RESULTS Fourteen unlinked polymorphic and four monomorphic nuclear microsatellite markers were developed using a genomic sh...

Physiological Aspects of Parasitism in Mistletoes (Arceuthobium and Phoradendron). I. The Carbohydrate Nutrition of Mistletoe.

pete with Rb absorption, in order of decreasing effectiveness: K, Cs, NH4, Li, Na. The affinity of the K-Rb transport mechanism for Na is on the order of 1-2 % of its affinity for K-Rb. Rates of absorption and degree of interference are nearly the same, whether Cl or SO4 is the counterion. The close correspondence between the observations on the K absorption mechanism in leaf tissue of corn and...

Physiological Aspects of Parasitism in Mistletoes (Arceuthobium and Phoradendron). II. The Photosynthetic Capacity of Mistletoe.