Background:Mistletoes are the most successful group of obligatory hemi-parasitic flowering plants that attach to the host via haustorium for obtaining water and minerals.This review aims to assess the current knowledg...
This research was supported by research funds from INECOL(20030/10563);a competitive grant(155686)from the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología(CONACyT)awarded to J.F.O.
Aims While the influence of mistletoe-host interactions on each other’s evolution is well-recognized,the role of interactions between mis-tletoes and its mutualistic pollinators and seed dispersers mediated by host s...
Semiparasitic plants, mistletoes, distributed in Europe and East-Asia mainly, China, Korea and Japan have long been recognised as therapeutic herbs. Since the 1920s, extracts from European mistletoe (Viscum album L)...