https://ijagri.org/index.php/ijagri <p><img src="https://ijagri.org/public/site/images/adminijagri/mceclip1.png" /></p> <p>International Journal of Agriculture, Biology &amp; Environment (IJAGRI) publishes new ideas, the state of the art research results, and fundamental advances in all fields of agriculture, Biology &amp; Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture, as reviews, research articles, and short communications. The <strong>IJAGRI</strong> Journal is the Agricultural Science, journal with e-ISSN: 2582-6107, and DOI: 10.47504/IJAGRI publishes original research articles, review articles, and letters to the editor.</p> <p>Openly accessible IJAGRI provides wider sharing of knowledge and the acceleration of research, and is thus in the best interest of authors, and potential readers, and increases the availability, accessibility, visibility, and impact of the papers, and the journal as a whole. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> Sretechjournal Publication en-US International Journal of Agriculture, Biology & Environment (e-ISSN 2582-6107) DOI: 10.47504/IJAGRI 2582-6107 https://ijagri.org/index.php/ijagri/article/view/105 <p>Hemiparasitic vascular plants of the Loranthaceae constitute an important part of biodiversity. Widely distributed throughout the world in tropical and temperate zones, the latter play an important role in the health of local populations.&nbsp; This study was conducted to explore baseline data on the diversity and host range of Loranthaceae in Tombel Sub-Division, Cameroon. This was achieved through a survey in forty (40) villages to identify species of mistletoe and host plants. Eight (8) species of Loranthaceae were found to parasitize 61 species belonging to 51 genera and 36 families. <em>Phragmanthera capitata</em> and <em>Tapinanthus bangwensis</em> were more frequent and common in the studied sites. The most parasitized host family were Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Rutaceae and Malvaceae with 6, 5, 6 and 4 species each respectively. The most sensitive host species to the parasitism of Loranthaceae was <em>T. cacao</em> (hosting 8 parasitic plants). Mistletoe species with high specificity include: <em>P. nigritana (</em>PSp= 1.63%), <em>T. preusii</em> (PSP=4.91%) and <em>T. ogowensis</em> (PSp=3.72%).</p> Joseph Marie Ondoua Neba Godlove Ambe Nkumbe Anna Nzong Mfonku Napoleon Akoh Djibrila Mana Jacques Bruno Ngotta Biyon Copyright (c) 2024 Joseph Marie Ondoua, Neba Godlove Ambe, Nkumbe Anna Nzong, Mfonku Napoleon Akoh, Djibrila Mana, Ngotta Biyon Jacques Bruno https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2024-11-07 2024-11-07 5 3 1 15 10.47504/IJAGRI.2024.5.3