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ArticleThe New phytologist2026

Host hydraulics constrain mistletoe resistance to drought-induced embolism.

Xian-Yan Huang, Yan Ke, Marina Corrêa Scalon, Wen-Hua Li, Feng-Jiao Liu, You Miao, Yong-Jiang Zhang, Jiao-Lin Zhang, Yun-Bing Zhang

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Article in The New phytologist, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Xian-Yan Huang *Yunnan Key Laboratory of Forest Ecosystem Stability and Global Change, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan, 666303, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3083-1576
Yan Ke *Yunnan Key Laboratory of Forest Ecosystem Stability and Global Change, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan, 666303, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3579-2584
Marina Corrêa ScalonPrograma de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, 81531-990, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2069-8226
Wen-Hua LiYunnan Key Laboratory of Forest Ecosystem Stability and Global Change, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan, 666303, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1671-463X
Feng-Jiao LiuYunnan Key Laboratory of Forest Ecosystem Stability and Global Change, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan, 666303, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1376-7939
You MiaoYunnan Key Laboratory of Forest Ecosystem Stability and Global Change, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan, 666303, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9518-9009
Yong-Jiang ZhangYunnan Key Laboratory of Forest Ecosystem Stability and Global Change, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan, 666303, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5637-3015
Jiao-Lin ZhangYunnan Key Laboratory of Forest Ecosystem Stability and Global Change, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan, 666303, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3693-7965
Yun-Bing ZhangYunnan Key Laboratory of Forest Ecosystem Stability and Global Change, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan, 666303, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2739-4324

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 32171507National Natural Science Foundation of China 32301308the Yunnan Fundamental Research Projects 202401AT070230the Yunnan Fundamental Research Projects 202501AT070252
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increasing drought frequency and intensity under climate change are intensifying forest mortality world-wide, yet how biotic interactions modulate plant hydraulic vulnerability remains poorly understood. Mistletoes are obligate stem hemiparasites that operate at low leaf water potentials and sustain high transpiration while relying on host xylem water supply, raising questions about how their hydraulic safety is achieved and constrained. Here, we employed xylem vulnerability curves, vessel and pit anatomy, water-use indicators, and phylogenetically informed models to examine embolism resistance across 41 mistletoe-host species pairs in tropical China. Mistletoes exhibited greater resistance to drought-induced xylem embolism (more negative P

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DroughtsHost-Parasite InteractionsMistletoeWaterDrought ResistancePhylogenyPlant TranspirationXylemWaterdrought stressforest vulnerabilityhydraulic couplingmistletoe–host interactionsparasitic plantspit ultrastructurexylem anatomy

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