Impacts of the Invasive Impatiens glandulifera: Lessons Learned from One of Europe's Top Invasive Species

S Coakley, C Petti - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Plants and animals are a part of a larger system, commonly referred to as
an ecosystem. This generally implies a balance existing between prey and predators. The …

Relationships between plant–soil feedbacks and functional traits

N Xi, PB Adler, D Chen, H Wu, JA Catford… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Plant–soil feedbacks (PSF) and functional traits are two active but not well theoretically
integrated areas of research. However, PSF and traits are both affected by life‐history …

Opportunities for microbiome suppression of weeds using regenerative agricultural technologies

L Cheng, A DiTommaso, J Kao-Kniffin - Frontiers in Soil Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The goal of regenerative agriculture is to utilize technologies that build healthy soils and
improve the environment. Microbial technologies could play a significant role in reducing …

The invasive plant Impatiens glandulifera affects soil fungal diversity and the bacterial community in forests

L Gaggini, HP Rusterholz, B Baur - Applied Soil Ecology, 2018 - Elsevier
Invasive plants may severely impact native biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. We
examined potential effects of the invasive annual plant Impatiens glandulifera Royle on soil …

Invasive plant species identity affects soil microbial communities in a mesocosm experiment

AM Stefanowicz, M Stanek, ML Majewska, M Nobis… - Applied Soil …, 2019 - Elsevier
Plant invasions can considerably modify soil microbial communities and processes. The
direction and magnitude of these changes depend on invasive plant species. This problem …

Multitrophic interactions between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, foliar endophytic fungi and aphids

NA Razak, AC Gange - Microbial ecology, 2023 - Springer
Almost all living plants can be simultaneously colonised by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in
the roots and endophytes in the shoots, while also being attacked by insect herbivores …

Endophytic fungi in the invasive weed Impatiens glandulifera: a barrier to classical biological control?

AF Currie, AC Gange, N Ab Razak, CA Ellison… - Weed …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The rust fungus, Puccinia komarovii var. glanduliferae, has been introduced into the UK for
biological control of the invasive weed, Impatiens glandulifera (Himalayan balsam) …

Negative plant‐phyllosphere feedbacks in native Asteraceae hosts–a novel extension of the plant‐soil feedback framework

BK Whitaker, JT Bauer, JD Bever, K Clay - Ecology Letters, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past 25 years, the plant‐soil feedback (PSF) framework has catalyzed our
understanding of how belowground microbiota impact plant fitness and species coexistence …

Native plants change the endophyte assembly and growth of an invasive plant in response to climatic factors

K Fang, AL Yang, YX Li, ZY Zeng… - Applied and …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Climate change, microbial endophytes, and local plants can affect the establishment and
expansion of invasive species, yet no study has been performed to assess these …

Invasive herb Impatiens glandulifera has minimal impact on multiple components of temperate forest ecosystem function

J Čuda, M Vitkova, M Albrechtova, WY Guo… - Biological …, 2017 - Springer
Forests understories in Europe are known to generally resist invasion, though some alien
plants do invade woodland communities. Here we focused on the impact of the widespread …