What Makes a Good Plant Invader?

H Korpelainen, M Pietiläinen - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
We explored traits that promote plant invasions. External factors affecting invasion success
consist of various abiotic and biotic constraints. How well plants perform under those …

Responses of different invasive and non-invasive ornamental plants to water stress during seed germination and vegetative growth

DM Mircea, R Calone, E Estrelles, P Soriano… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Biological invasions represent a major threat to natural ecosystems. A primary source of
invasive plants is ornamental horticulture, which selects traits related to invasiveness. This …

Storable, neglected, and underutilized species of Southern Africa for greater agricultural resilience

DJ Winstead, MG Jacobson - Plant‐Environment Interactions, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Southern African region suffers from drought and food system uncertainty with
increased risks due to climate change, natural disasters, and global catastrophes …

Physiological and Biochemical Responses to Water Stress and Salinity of the Invasive Moth Plant, Araujia sericifera Brot., during Seed Germination and Vegetative …

M Bellache, N Moltó, LA Benfekih, N Torres-Pagan… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Araujia sericifera is an invasive plant with an increasing presence in South East Spain,
where it produces damage to native trees and shrubs and citric orchards. As the climatic …

Comparative Analysis of Tolerance to Salt Stress and Water Deficit in Two Invasive Weeds of the Genus Erigeron (Asteraceae)

M Bellache, N Torres-Pagan, M Verdeguer, JV Llinares… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Erigeron bonariensis and E. sumatrensis are two noxious weeds present in many parts of
the world. Their tolerance to salinity and water deficit was analysed at the seed germination …

(Not) sweeping invasive alien plants under the carpet: results from the use of mulching sheets for the control of invasive Carpobrotus spp.

L Lazzaro, M Mugnai, G Ferretti, F Giannini, M Giunti… - Biological …, 2023 - Springer
Biological invasions represent a global threat to biodiversity. Particular attention should be
made to the management of alien plants. The species from the Carpobrotus genus are well …

Identifying Critical Thresholds in the Impacts of Invasive Alien Plants and Dune Paths on Native Coastal Dune Vegetation

MC de Francesco, FP Tozzi, G Buffa, E Fantinato… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Invasive alien plants (IAP) pose a major threat to biodiversity and have a negative impact on
the integrity and conservation status of plant communities. Mediterranean dunes are widely …

Epigenetic and Phenotypic Responses to Experimental Climate Change of Native and Invasive Carpobrotus edulis

JG Campoy, M Sobral, B Carro, M Lema… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Despite the recent discoveries on how DNA methylation could help plants to adapt to
changing environments, the relationship between epigenetics and climate change or …

Elevated CO2 and ammonium nitrogen promoted the plasticity of two maple in great lakes region by adjusting photosynthetic adaptation

L Wang, QL Dang - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Climate change-related CO2 increases and different forms of nitrogen
deposition are thought to affect the performance of plants, but their interactions have been …

Contrasting responses of an invasive plant to herbivory of native and introduced insects

QY Fu, GW Wei, MZ Wang, Y Cui, BC Dong, FH Yu - Ecological Processes, 2024 - Springer
Background Interactions between alien plants and insect herbivores in introduced ranges
may determine their invasion success. However, few studies have investigated whether …