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Annals of Botany Mistletoes and mutant albino shoots as nutrient traps Potassium, sulphur and zinc contents of mistletoe leaves are generally higher than in their hosts because elements that are cycled between xylem and phloem in the process of phloem loading of sugars are trapped in the... botanyoneJuly 27, 2012