Functional anatomy of haustoria formed by Rhinanthus minor: Linking evidence from histology and isotope tracing

New Phytologist

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 412-419

  Cameron, Duncan D ^a,b   Seel, Wendy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

15N tracer; Histology; Mass flow; Mass spectrometry; Parasitic plant; Xylem

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM NITRATE;

ANATOMY; ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GRASS; HERB; HISTOLOGY; HOST PLANT; HOST QUALITY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEGUME; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PARASITIC PLANT; PLANT DEFENSE; SAP FLOW; TRACER; XYLEM;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; OROBANCHACEAE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; XYLEM;

ANGIOSPERMS; BIOMASS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; NITRATES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OROBANCHACEAE; PLANT ROOTS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; XYLEM;

CYNOSURUS CRISTATUS; LEUCANTHEMUM VULGARE; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; POACEAE; RHINANTHUS MINOR;

EID: 33947421200     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02013.x     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Ackroyd RD, Graves JD. 1997. The regulation of the water potential gradient in the host and parasite relationship between Sorghum bicolor and Striga hermonthica. Annals of Botany 80: 649-656.
2. Cameron DD. 2004. A role for differential host resistance to the hemiparasitic angiosperm Rhinanthus minor L. in determining the structure of host plant communities? PhD thesis, University of Aberdeen, UK.
3. Cameron DD, Hwangbo J-K, Keith AM, Geniez J-M, Kraushaar D, Rowntree J, Seel WE. 2005. Interactions between the hemi-parasitic angiosperm Rhinanthus minor L. and its hosts: from the cell to the ecosystem. Folia Geobotanica 40: 217-229.
4. Cameron DD, Coats AM, Seel WE. 2006. Differential resistance among host and non-host species underlies the variable success of the hemi-parasitic plant Rhinanthus minor. Annals of Botany 98: 1289-1299.
5. Davies DM, Graves JD, Elias CO, Williams PJ. 1997. The impact of Rhinanthus spp. on sward productivity and composition: implications for the restoration of species-rich grasslands. Biological Conservation 82: 87-93.
6. Dorr I. 1997. How Striga parasitizes its host: a TEM and SEM study. Annals of Botany 79: 463-472.
7. Gibson CC, Watkinson AR. 1989. Host range and selectivity of a parasitic plant: Rhinanthus minor L. Oecologia 78: 401-406.
8. Govier RN, Nelson DN, Pate JS. 1967. Hemiparasitic nutrition in angiosperms: 1. The transfer of organic compounds from host to Odontites verna (Bell.) dum. (Scrophulariaceae). New Phytologist 66: 285-297.
9. Graves JD. 1995. Host-plant responses to parasitism. In: Press MC, Graves JD, eds. Parasitic plants. London: Chapman & Hall, 206-225.
10. Gurney AL, Grimanelli D, Kanampiu F, Hoisington D, Scholes JD, Press MC. 2003. Novel sources of resistance to Striga hermonthica in Tripsacum dactyloides, a wild relative of Maize. New Phytologist 160: 557-568.
11. Hibberd JM, Quick WP, Press MC, Scholes JD, Jeschke WD. 1999. Solute fluxes from tobacco to the parasitic angiosperm Orobanche cernua and the influence of infection on host carbon and nitrogen relations. Plant, Cell & Environment 22: 937-947.
12. Hodgeson JF. 1973. Aspects of the carbon nutrition of angiospermous parasites. PhD thesis, University of Sheffield, UK.
13. Hwangbo J-K. 2000. Interactions between a facultative annual root hemiparasite, Rhinanthus minor (L.) and its hosts. PhD thesis, University of Aberdeen, UK.
14. Jiang F, Jeschke WD, Hartung W. 2003. Water flows in the parasitic association Rhinanthus minor-Hordeum vulgare. Journal of Experimental Botany 54: 1985-1993.
15. Jiang F, Jeschke WD, Hartung W. 2004. Solute flows from Hordeum vulgare to the hemiparasite Rhinanthus minor and the influence of infection on host and parasite nutrient relations. Functional Plant Biology 31: 633-643.
16. Jiang F, Jeschke WD, Hartung W. 2005. Contents and flows of assimilates (mannitol and sucrose) in the hemiparasitic Rhinanthus minor/Hordeum vulgare association. Folia Geobotanica 40: 195-204.
17. Keith AM, Cameron DD, Seel WE. 2004. Spatial interactions between the hemiparasitic angiosperm Rhinanthus minor are species specific. Functional Ecology 18: 435-442.
18. Klaren CH, Janssen G. 1978. Physiological changes in the hemi-parasite Rhinanthus serotinus before and after attachment. Physiologia Plantarum 42: 151-155.
19. Musselman LJ, Press MC. 1995. Introduction to parasitic plants. In: Press MC, Graves JD, eds. Parasitic plants. London: Chapman & Hall, 1-11.
20. Pate JS, Kuo J, Davidson NJ. 1990. Morphology and anatomy of the haustorium of the root hemiparasite Olax phyllanthi (Olacaceae), with special reference to the haustorial interface. Annals of Botany 65: 425-436.
21. Press MC, Shah N, Tuohy JM, Stewart GR. 1987a. Carbon isotope ratios demonstrate carbon flux from C-4 host to C-3 parasite. Plant Physiology 85: 1143-1145.
22. Press MC, Tuohy JM, Stewart GR. 1987b. Gas-exchange characteristics of the Sorghum-Striga host-parasite association. Plant Physiology 84: 814-819.
23. Press MC, Graves JD, Stewart GR. 1990. Physiology of the interaction of angiosperm parasites and their higher-plant hosts. Plant, Cell & Environment 13: 91-104.
24. Raven JA. 1983. Phytophages of xylem and phloem - a comparison of animal and plant sap-feeders. Advances in Ecological Research 13: 135-234.
25. Riopel JL, Timko MP. 1995. Haustorial initiation and differentiation. In: Press MC, Graves JD, eds. Parasitic plants. London: Chapman & Hall, 39-73.
26. Rümer S, Cameron DD, Wacker R, Hartung W, Jiang F. (in press). An anatomical study of the haustoria of Rhinanthus minor attached to roots of different hosts. Flora.
27. Schmidt O, Scrimgeour CM. 2001. A simple urea leaf-feeding method for the production of C-13 and N-15 labelled plant material. Plant and Soil 229: 197-202.
28. Seel WE, Jeschke WD. 1999. Simultaneous collection of xylem sap from Rhinanthus minor and the hosts Hordeum and Trifolium: hydraulic properties, xylem sap composition and effects of attachment. New Phytologist 143: 281-298.
29. Seel WE, Press MC. 1993. Influence of the host on three sub-arctic annual facultative root hemiparasites. 1. Growth, mineral accumulation and aboveground dry-matter partitioning. New Phytologist 125: 131-138.
30. Seel WE, Parsons AN, Press MC. 1993. Do inorganic solutes limit growth of the facultative hemiparasite Rhinanthus minor L. in the absence of a host? New Phytologist 124: 283-289.
31. Stewart GR, Press MC. 1990. The physiology and biochemistry of parasitic angiosperms. Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology 41: 127-151.
32. Tennakoon KU, Cameron DD. 2006. The anatomy of Santalum album L. (sandalwood) haustoria. Canadian Journal of Botany 84: 1608-1616.
33. Tennakoon KU, Pate JS. 1996. Heterotrophic gain of carbon from hosts by the xylem-tapping root hemiparasite Olax phyllanthi (Olacaceae). Oecologia 105: 369-376.
34. Westbury DB. 2004. Rhinanthus minor L. Biological flora of the British Isles. Journal of Ecology 92: 906-927.