Plant host finding by parasitic plants: A new perspective on plant to plant communication

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 284-286

  Mescher, Mark C ^a   Runyon, Justin B ^a   De Moraes, Consuelo M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical communication; Cuscuta pentagona; Host fiding; Host selection; Parasitic plants; Plant volatiles; Plant plant communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865242416     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.1.6.3562     Document Type: Article

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