Links to Other Sites about Parasitic Plants

Parasitic Plants in General

1. International Parasitic Plant Society. The IPPS is dedicated to advancing scientific research on parasitic plants. This includes increasing our understanding of these amazing plants as well as helping to decrease the crop damage inflicted by weedy parasitic plants. This web site was designed and is maintained by James Westwood.
2. Plant Site from Old Dominion University. Lytton Musselman has made available thousands of photographs that he has assembled during a lifetime of travel and photography. There are many categories to choose from, including Bible Plants, Blackwater Ecological Reserve, Flora of Jordan, Great Dismal Swamp, Hydnora, Isoetes, and more.
3. Haustorium Parasitic Plants Newsletter Past issues of this newsletter are available at this web site. The website maintained by Old Dominion University.
4. The Plant Pathology Internet Guide Book Created by Thorsten Kraska, this site is a subject-oriented internet resource guide for Phytopathology, Applied Entomology, and all related fields. It is divided into various thematic section such as Mycology, Biological Control, and Weeds & Parasitic Plants. This site is a must for all plant pathologists.
5. Introduction to parasitic flowering plants by Dan Nickrent amd Lytton Musselman (2004. APS Education Center Introductory Topics: Introductions to the Major Pathogen Groups).
6. Parasitic Plant Database. This database was established by Jan Schlauer and Willem Meijer with help from Rick Walker. It is a nomenclatural synopsis of selected parasitic plants, specifically the holoparasitic groups: Rafflesiaceae, Balanophoraceae, Hydnoraceae, Orobanchaceae, Cuscutaceae. It contains over 4000 entries and has search capabilities.

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Sites Dealing with Striga and Orobanche

1. Striga Research Methods. Available as a PDF file from the IITA (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture) website, this manual is on Striga research in Africa.
2. Striga. At Wikipedia.
3. Striga asiatica. At the Plants Profile, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
4. Striga weed control with herbicide-coated maize seed. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT).
5. Striga Eradication from Maize Croplands: a Call to Action.  African Agricultural Technology Foundation.
6. Controlling the noxious weed Striga. International Development Research Center (IDRC - Canada).
7. Improved Striga control in maize and Sorghum (ISCIMAS) a European Commission funded INCO-project.
8. Questions and answers on Striga and Ua Kayongo.  Format Kenya.
9. A non-toxic method of controlling the noxious weed Striga (using Fusarium oxysporum).
10. Evolution of the parasitic plant Orobanche.  By Gerald Schneeweiss, University of Vienna.
11. Orobanche. From "Den Virtuella Floran" (The Virtual Flora).
12. Orobanche. At the Plants Profile, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
13. Orobanche. At Wikipedia.
14. Orobanche - the broomrapes. An article by Larry W. Mitich (Wayback archive).

Sites Dealing with Mistletoes

1. The Mistletoe Center This site, designed and constructed by Brian Geils and Dan Huebner (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ) will allow searches of the large database on mistletoe literature compiled by the late Frank Hawksworth.
2. UC Davis Pest Management Guidelines for Mistletoe. Contains advice on dealing with both Phoradendron (broad-leaf mistletoe) and Arceuthobium (dwarf mistletoe).
3. Mistletoes of North American conifers. USDA Forest Service publication (by Geils, Tovar and Moody). Pdf file of the publication availabe at the link provided.
4. Background on mistletoe.  University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
5. The misunderstood mistletoe.  Australian plants online (by Lesley Waite).
6. Misunderstood Mistletoe: Scribbly Gum, from ABC Science, Australia.
7. Dwarf Mistletoe Management Guidebook. British Columbia Ministry of Forests.
8. What do mistletoes have to do with Christmas? APSNet feature article by Frank Tainter.
9. Exploring the World of Mistletoes. A wonderful series of web pages containing information about these plants, told from the perspective of Dr. Bryan Barlow.
10. Mistletoe Family Loranthaceae in Australia. This page, compiled by Don Herbison-Evans and Christine Ashe, tabulates all members of this family in Australia, frequently linking to other web sites (such as this one!) for photos, distribution maps, etc.
11. South Australian Butterflies Data Sheet. This page describes a number of Loranthaceae that serve as food plants for butterfly larvae.

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Sites Dealing with Rafflesia

The "Queen of the Parasites" sparks alot of interest and for good reason! It is, of course, the largest flower in the world and for this reason has substantial attraction to tourists in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines where it is found. Here are a few sites dealing with this marvelous parasite:

1. Rafflesia Research and Monitoring Team.  Blog organized by Kamarudin Mat Salleh.
2. Julie Barcelona's site on Philippine ferns and Rafflesia.
3. Wikipedia treatment of Rafflesia.
4. "The Stinking Corpse Lily: World's Largest Flower" on Rafflesia is #10 found HERE. The following article (#11) is called "Pilostyles: California Relative of Largest Flower." From Wayne's Word. A newsletter of natural history trivia.
5. Rafflesia at Gunung Gading National Park, Lundu, Malaysia, an article by Enggoh Glak and Irwan Abdullah
6. Rafflesia life history.  From Todd Barkman's web page, Western Michigan University.
7. Sabah's Blossom of Hope. Article by S. S. Yoga of The Star (Malaysia)
8. Rafflesia Sanctuary near villageof Batung Palupuh, West Sumatra.
9. Rafflesia from ARKive, images of life on earth.