The changes of morphological and physiological characteristics in hemiparasitic Monochasma savatieri before and after attachment to the host plant

Background Monochasma savatieri is an endangered hemiparasitic medicinal plant with a variety of antioxidant, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties. Despite the urgent need to understand the parasitic biology of M. savatieri, parasite-host associations have long been neglected in studies of...

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Main Authors: Lanlan Chen, Zaibiao Zhu, Qiaosheng Guo, Jun Guo, Zhigang Huang, Hui Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2020-08-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/9780.pdf