Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) forests are widely distributed throughout North America and are subject to mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) epidemics, which have caused mortality over millions of hectares of mature trees in recent decades. Mountain pine beetle is known to influence stand structure, and has the ability to impact many forest processes. Dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium ...

Lodgepole pine dwarf mistletoe (DM), Arceuthobium americanum, is a parasitic flowering plant and forest pathogen in North America. Seed dispersal in DM occurs by explosive discharge. Notably, slight warming of ripe DM fruit in the laboratory can trigger explosions. Previously, we showed that alternative oxidase, a protein involved in endogenous heat production (thermogenesis) in plants, is pres...

El género Arceuthobium son plantas parásitas de gran impacto ecológico al ocasionar la pérdida especies forestales; con ello, se ve afectado el hábitat mariposa monarca. objetivo del presente trabajo fue determinar distribución espacial muérdago enano en Pinus pseudostrobus, mediante uso técnicas estadística (SADIE y Geoestadística), 12 parcelas 4 hectáreas Santuario Piedra Herrada, ubicado Est...

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...

Meiosis, the reductive nuclear division, is a continuum, but for purposes of communication, is described in stages. In sexually-reproducing organisms, including the dwarf mistletoe Arceuthobium americanum, prophase I of meiosis is prolonged (8 months for female A. americanum). Conversely, metaphase I, where chromosome pairs line up along a dividing cell's "equator", is relatively brief, difficu...