Bidirectional anatomical effects in a mistletoe–host relationship: <i>Psittacanthus schiedeanus</i> mistletoe and its hosts <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i> and <i>Quercus germana</i>

Abstract

The bidirectional effects between the parasite and its hosts comprise modifications in secondary phloem that are potentially affected by the phenology of its hosts, a combination of hormonal agents such as auxins, and the symplasmic or apoplasmic pathway for solutes import.