TABLE 3.1–Sex ratios in Arceuthobium
 
Arceuthobium Host Sex ratio
(female plants: male plants)
Location Reference

A. abietinum Abies magnifica (62:55) Sierra Nevada, CA Scharpf and Parmeter 1982
Abies concolor (51:66) Sierra Nevada, CA Scharpf and Parmeter 1992
 
A. americanum Pinus contorta (210:246)*
(258:183)**
(159:174)
(627:603)
3 areas near Banff,
  AB, Canada
  and their combined
  total
Muir 1966
(251:224) CO (inoculation) First report
(254:246) CO (natural infection) First report
 
A. campylopodum Pinus ponderosa (53:47) Spokane, WA Wicker 1967b
 
A. globosum
  subsp. globosum
Pinus cooperi (72:58) Durango, Mexico First report
Pinus durangensis (91:51)** Durango, Mexico First report
 
A. pusillum Picea mariana "Male plants
most frequent"
NY Parry 1872
"Pistillate plants
most numerous"
NY Peck 1875
(32:19)* MN (inoculation) Baker and others 1981
 
A. strictum Pinus leiophylla
  var. chihuahuana
(47:32)* Durango, Mexico First report
 
A. tsugense Tsuga heterophylla (54:46) BC, Canada (inoculation) Smith 1971
(1803:1254)** AK, WA, OR First report
 
A. vaginatum
  subsp. cryptopodum
Pinus ponderosa (505:495) Flagstaff, AZ Hawksworth 1961a

* Significantly different from 1:1 based on chi2 test, P < 0.1.
** Significantly different from 1:1 based on chi2 test, P < 0.01.

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