Growth but not photosynthesis response of a host plant to infection by a holoparasitic plant depends on nitrogen supply.

Parasitic plants can adversely influence the growth of their hosts by removing resources and by affecting photosynthesis. Such negative effects depend on resource availability. However, at varied resource levels, to what extent the negative effects on growth are attributed to the effects on photosyn...

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Main Authors: Hao Shen, Shu-Jun Xu, Lan Hong, Zhang-Ming Wang, Wan-Hui Ye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3792126?pdf=render