Knowledge graph centered on Castilleja haustorial connection microscopy (Orobanchaceae) with 67 nodes and 134 connections. Top connected: Bombus, Ipomopsis, Ligusticum porteri, Delphinium, Bombus appositus.
Root systems around Castilleja plants are excavated, cleaned, and examined microscopically to identify haustorium-host connections for direct detection of parasitic relationships. Host species are identified based on root and tissue characteristics.
Synthesized from method descriptions across 2 papers using this protocol.
Steps below were extracted from the paper that introduces this protocol — Parasitism modifies the direct effects of warming on a hemiparasite and its host (2019), PLOS ONE. Implementations in other papers (listed below) may differ.