Effects of repeated parasitism by Rhinanthus minoron the growth and photosynthesis of a perennial grass, Poa alpina

• Published in: New Phytologist
• Main Authors: SEEL, W. E., PRESS, M. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1996
• Subjects: Abisko; Poa alpina; Lapland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1996.tb04367.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1469-8137.1996.tb04367.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1996.tb04367.x; https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1996.tb04367.x

SUMMARY Plantlets of Poa alpina L. taken from a single viviparous mother plant in August 1991 were pot‐grown in an experimental garden in Abisko, Swedish Lapland. Half of the pots were infected with the annual hemiparasitic angiosperm Rhinanthus minor L. A proportion of the plants were harvested in...