Detection of Different Hosts From a Distance Alters the Behaviour and Bioelectrical Activity of .

In our study, we investigated some physiological and ecological aspects of the life of Mart. (Convolvulaceae) plants with the hypothesis that they recognise different hosts at a distance from them, and they change their survival strategy depending on what they detect. We also hypothesised that, as an attempt of prolonging their survival through photosynthesis, the synthesis of chlorophylls (a phenomenon not completely explained in these parasitic plants) would be increased if the plants don't detect a host.