The bright side of parasitic plants: what are they good for?

doi:10.1093/plphys/kiaa069

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	The bright side of parasitic plants: what are they good for?
	Tesitel,Jakub ; Li,Ai-Rong ; Knotkova,Katerina ; McLellan,Richard ; Bandaranayake,Pradeepa C. G.; Watson,David M.
	2021
发表期刊	PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
ISSN	0032-0889
卷号	185 期号:4 页码:1309-1324
摘要	Parasitic plants are mostly viewed as pests. This is caused by several species causing serious damage to agriculture and forestry. There is however much more to parasitic plants than presumed weeds. Many parasitic plans exert even positive effects on natural ecosystems and human society, which we review in this paper. Plant parasitism generally reduces the growth and fitness of the hosts. The network created by a parasitic plant attached to multiple host plant individuals may however trigger transferring systemic signals among these. Parasitic plants have repeatedly been documented to play the role of keystone species in the ecosystems. Harmful effects on community dominants, including invasive species, may facilitate species coexistence and thus increase biodiversity. Many parasitic plants enhance nutrient cycling and provide resources to other organisms like herbivores or pollinators, which contributes to facilitation cascades in the ecosystems. There is also a long tradition of human use of parasitic plants for medicinal and cultural purposes worldwide. Few species provide edible fruits. Several parasitic plants are even cultivated by agriculture/forestry for efficient harvesting of their products. Horticultural use of some parasitic plant species has also been considered. While providing multiple benefits, parasitic plants should always be used with care. In particular, parasitic plant species should not be cultivated outside their native geographical range to avoid the risk of their uncontrolled spread and the resulting damage to ecosystems.
关键词	RHINANTHUS-MINOR KEYSTONE RESOURCE BIOTIC RESISTANCE FUNCTIONAL-ROLE MISTLETOE HEMIPARASITE SANDALWOOD COMMUNITY IMPACTS ROOT
DOI	10.1093/plphys/kiaa069
WOS记录号	WOS:000649356200005
引用统计	被引频次：33[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/73278
专题	中国科学院昆明植物研究所
作者单位	1.Masaryk Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Bot & Zool, Kotlarska 2, Brno 61137, Czech Republic 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Dept Econ Plants & Biotechnol, Yunnan Key Lab Wild Plant Resources, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, Peoples R China 3.McLellan, Richard; Watson, David M.] Charles Sturt Univ, Inst Land Water & Soc, POB 789, Albury, NSW 2640, Australia 4.Bandaranayake, Pradeepa C. G.] Univ Peradeniya, Fac Agr, Agr Biotechnol Ctr, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Tesitel,Jakub,Li,Ai-Rong,Knotkova,Katerina,et al. The bright side of parasitic plants: what are they good for?[J]. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY,2021,185(4):1309-1324.
APA	Tesitel,Jakub,Li,Ai-Rong,Knotkova,Katerina,McLellan,Richard,Bandaranayake,Pradeepa C. G.,&Watson,David M..(2021).The bright side of parasitic plants: what are they good for?.PLANT PHYSIOLOGY,185(4),1309-1324.
MLA	Tesitel,Jakub,et al."The bright side of parasitic plants: what are they good for?".PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 185.4(2021):1309-1324.