This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.31670393 and 32270310).
Mistletoes are ecologically important parasitic plants,with> 1600 species from five lineages worldwide.Mistletoe lineages exhibit distinct patterns of species diversification and host specificity,however,the mechanism...
This research was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31400520);Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Funds(Nos.CAFYBB2014QB032,CAFRIFEEP2015B09).
The flowers of the hemiparasitic family Loranthaceae are always subtended by a rimmed structure known as the calyculus.The origin and identity of the calyculus have been disputed for more than a century.Various hypoth...
Endophytic fungi were identified from different parts of the medicinal parasitic mistletoe Cladocolea micrantha and from its host Anacardium occidentale, suggesting a strict host-parasite relationship. Eight fungal en...