9. Influence of soil chemical factors on the cultivation of oak mistletoe (Viscum album on Quercus robur and petraea) and host-specific mineral concentrations of mistletoe extracts.

From: Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy &Phytopharmacology | Date: October 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Introduction: The mistletoe Viscum album has a wide range of host trees, but is infrequent on oaks (Quercus robur and petraea). To ensure the oak mistletoe supply for Iscador[TM] production, the Verein fur Krebsforschung (Society for Cancer Research) started a programme for oak mistletoe cultivation on different sites in the North-West of Switzerland in 1978. Severe chlorosis and high mortality of oaks and mistletoes on a site with an alkaline soil induced research concerning the influence of soil chemical factors on the growth of oak mistletoe and on the host-specific mineral ...

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