Analysis of mistletoe host preference at Sector C Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia

The purpose of this research is to know the preference of mistletoe in the host plant. The study wasconducted in March-April 2018. The method used for preference test is purposive sampling. The preference of mistletoe host based on correlation coefficient analysis is -0,276. The results of this study indicate that there are 6 species of mistletoe found in the study sites: 1) Scurum atropurpurea, 2) Scurulla parasitica, 3) Macrosolen tetragonos, 4) Dendropthoe pentandra, 5) Helixanthera sessiflora 6) Dendropthoe curvata. There are 22 host species of mistletoe, such as Samanea saman, Peltophorum pterucarpum, Syzygium aqueum, Delonix regia, Annona squamosal, Swietenia mahagoni, Tamarindus indica, Ricinus communis, Bauhinia purpurea, Averrhoa bilimbi, Ficus benjamina, Ficus elastic, Pterocarpus indicus, Tectona grandis , Acacia mangium, Melaleuca leucadendra, Manilkara kauki, Mangifera indica, Muntingia calabura, Albizia falcata, Lagerstroemia speciosa, Citrus aurantifolia. Besides, there are 6 species of non host mistletoe such as Aegle marmelos, Areca catechu, Elaeis guineensis, Garcinia dulcis, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, and Cerbera manghas