Haustorium-related uptake and metabolism of host xylem solutes by the root hemiparasitic shrub Santalum acuminatum (R. Br.) A. DC. (Santalaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 257-264

  Tennakoon, Kushan U ^a   Pate, John S ^b   Stewart, George R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

15N labelled substrates; Osmoregulation; Proline; Root hemiparasite; Santalum acuminatum; Xylem transport

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA ROSTELLIFERA; SANTALACEAE; SANTALUM; SANTALUM ACUMINATUM;

EID: 0030770266     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1997.0433     Document Type: Article

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