Nothofagus trees show genotype difference that influence infection by mistletoes, Misodendraceae

• Published in: Australian Journal of Botany
• Main Authors: Vidal Russell, Romina, Premoli Il'grande, Andrea Cecilia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Csiro Publishing
• Subjects: Isozyme; Misondendrum Linearifolium; Misodendrum Punctulatum; Nothofagus Antartica; Parasitic Plants; Patagonia; Resistance; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Vidal; Antarc*; Antarctica; antartic*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/12035

Nothofagus trees host Misodendrum, an endemic mistletoe of the subantarctic forests of Chile and Argentina. Differences in the infection intensity on a given host and patches of infected trees are observed within the forest. We used allozymes to test for genetic differences between uninfected and in...