Further, elements of host immune response, pharmacologic agents and the like may be added selectively if desired.
We investigated chemical element contents in mistletoe and host leaves (study 1), we compared the element contents of host leaves on infected and uninfected branches (study 2), and we studied the effects of experimentally manipulated haustorium shoot ratios on biometric and chemical variables (study 3).
Element contents of host leaves on parasitized and non-parasitized branches were not significantly different except for nitrogen and sulfur (Table 1).
Compared with the element contents of host leaves the mistletoe leaves had highly significant increases in nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, iron and copper contents (Table 1).
In study 2, the element contents of host leaves, collected from mistletoe-infected host branches distal to the attachment point of the mistletoe, were compared with element contents in leaves on uninfected host branches.
The potential for selective nutrient uptake by the mistletoe was studied by comparing element contents of host leaves on infected and uninfected branches and by manipulation of the haustorium shoot ratio in mistletoes.
C1 is the multimolecular protease that triggers activation of the classical pathway of complement, a major element of antimicrobial host defense also involved in immune tolerance and various pathologies.
The watermarked vector y q is produced by quantizing each element of the host signal x with the quantizer indexed by the message bit to be hidden, i.e., y_{q,j}=Q_{j,b_{j}}(x_{j}),quad j=1,cdots,L (3).
