Article
Plant Sciences
Chenyang Xue, Yingmei Gao, Bo Qu, Peidong Tai, Cheng Guo, Wenyue Chang, Guanghui Zhao
Summary: Hybridization with an invasive plant can enhance the tolerance and accumulation ability of a native congener to Cd stress by altering growth time, biomass allocation strategy, and Cd distribution. This adaptation mechanism of hybrids may increase the extinction risk of native congeners in polluted environments.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Zheng Zhang, Chang Zhang, Chun-Sha Zhang, Wei-Bin Wang, Yu-Long Feng
Summary: Studies show that invasive plants are more sensitive to high ammonium levels compared to native plants, leading to ammonium toxicity in invaders. This sensitivity is related to the accumulation of ammonium and oxidative damage in the invasive plants, providing a possible explanation for their behavior in nitrate-dominated habitats.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Jia-Jun Luo, Ying-Mei Gao, Wei-Wei Feng, Ming-Chao Liu, Bo Qu, Chang Zhang, Yu-Long Feng
Summary: This study found that the noxious invader Xanthium strumarium has higher nitrate uptake ability and biomass production than its native congener X. sibiricum under nitrate treatments. The nitrate transporters associated with the stronger nitrate uptake ability were identified. These findings explain the molecular-level mechanisms of phenotypic plasticity in interspecific differences and suggest that the invasiveness of X. strumarium may be exacerbated in the future.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Chang Zhang, Shi-Ting Wang, Jian-Zhi Li, Yu-Long Feng
Summary: The invader, X. strumarium, exhibits stronger plasticity to high nitrate compared to its native congener, which can be attributed to high expressions of nitrate use and photosynthesis-related transcripts. Hormones may play a role in regulating this plastic response.
Article
Ecology
Xinyue Liu, Xiaozhen Man, Meishan Chen, Changxin Zhao, Chuang Liu, Jialin Tong, Fanqi Meng, Meini Shao, Bo Qu
Summary: This study found that the plant Xanthium strumarium has strong transgenerational plasticity, especially under stress conditions. The parent generation of X. strumarium grown under water and/or nutrient deficiency conditions transferred environmental information to their offspring, resulting in greater size and biomass in the offspring generation grown under high-resource conditions. Both water and nutrients play a role in the intergenerational transmission of plant plasticity, with nutrients being more important.
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Mazher Farid Iqbal, Yu-Long Feng, Wei-Wei Feng, Ming-Chao Liu, Xiu-Rong Lu
Summary: This study conducted in the rice tract of Punjab, Pakistan, found that the abundance of the invasive plant Xanthium strumarium varied greatly among different sites and significantly reduced native plant abundance. Three herbivores were found on the invader, significantly inhibiting its growth and providing evidence for the enemy release hypothesis. Further research is needed to determine whether these herbivores could be used as biological control agents for invasive plants.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chenyang Xue, Lizong Sun, Bo Qu, Yingmei Gao, Zhi Liu, Cheng Guo, Wanbin Liu, Wenyue Chang, Peidong Tai
Summary: This study evaluates the potential use of invasive plants and native plants in the restoration of metal tailings. Grafting with an invasive plant improves metal tolerance and accumulation in native plants, while also creating a beneficial microbial environment for plant growth in tailings. Importantly, grafting does not enhance the invasiveness of the native plants.
Article
Plant Sciences
Kathrin Moehrle, Hugo E. Reyes-Aldana, Johannes Kollmann, Leonardo H. Teixeira
Summary: The study tested designed grassland communities in a greenhouse experiment to determine key drivers of initial Jacobaea aquatica suppression, finding that plant traits had a significant impact on the invader.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chenyang Xue, Peidong Tai, Yingmei Gao, Bo Qu
Summary: The hybrids of Xanthium strumarium and X. sibiricum showed improved tolerance to cadmium and a remarkable ability to transport cadmium from the roots to the shoots. They also stored a significant amount of cadmium in litter leaves, reducing its toxic effects on photosynthesis and growth.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOREMEDIATION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Congyan Wang, Youli Yu, Huiyuan Cheng, Daolin Du
Summary: This study explores the impact of co-invasion of two invasive plant species on native plant communities, finding that plant taxonomic and functional diversity, community invasibility, and the relative abundance, growth performance, and diversity of native plants are critical factors affecting invasion resistance.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Fabielle M. Bando, Bruno R. S. Figueiredo, Dieison A. Moi, Sidinei M. Thomaz, Thaisa S. Michelan, Jorge Garcia-Giron, Jani Heino, Janne Alahuhta, Gustavo Q. Romero, Roger P. Mormul
Summary: A growing body of evidence indicates that biological invasions are causing changes in the composition of species in communities over space and time. Previous studies conducted at small scales and short durations may have underestimated the impact of exotic species on native communities.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Nadia Ab Razak, Alan C. Gange, Brian C. Sutton, Asyraf Mansor
Summary: Impatiens glandulifera, a highly invasive weed in Europe, can greatly reduce the diversity of native plants, particularly along river banks where it forms monocultures. The role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in this competition with native species is investigated. The mycorrhizal association appears to have a limited effect on balsam growth during competition, but benefits the native species Plantago lanceolata in competing with balsam. This competition also hinders the colonization of beneficial fungi in other native species, making them more susceptible to insects.
Article
Ecology
Zhibin Tao, Changchao Shen, Wenchao Qin, Baoguo Nie, Pengdong Chen, Jinlong Wan, Kaoping Zhang, Wei Huang, Evan Siemann
Summary: Fluctuating resource availability plays a critical role in determining non-native plant invasions through mediating the competitive balance. The impact of fluctuating resource availability on interactions among non-native species remains largely unknown. In this study, the responses of 12 non-native plant species to nutrient fluctuations were examined. The results showed that certain species benefited from pulsed nutrient supply, while others did not. The findings suggest that nutrient fluctuations can mediate the competitive balance and determine the invasion success of non-native plant species in a community.
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Chang Zhang, Jia-Jun Luo, Jing-Bo Zuo, Zheng Zhang, Shi-Ting Wang, Xiao-Jia Zhang, Tian-Si Fu, Yu-Long Feng
Summary: This study is the first to determine the molecular mechanisms with which invasive and native plants use ammonium differently, contributing to understanding the invasion mechanisms of Xanthium strumarium and its invasion habitat selection.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Biology
Yongge Yuan, Junmin Li
Summary: Parasitic plants have different effects on the competitive abilities of invasive and native plants. They enhance the competitive ability of invasive plants but have no impact on native plants.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Maqsood Ahmed, Mingshan Ji, Aatika Sikandar, Aafia Iram, Peiwen Qin, He Zhu, Ansar Javeed, Jamil Shafi, Zeeshan Iqbal, Mazher Farid Iqbal, Zhonghua Sun
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Mazher Farid Iqbal, Yu-Long Feng