Seasonal Dynamics of Foliar Fungi Associated with the Invasive Plant Ageratina adenophora.

ABSTRACT: The potential of invasive plants to serve as reservoirs for plant pathogenic fungi has been confirmed, but studies examining the seasonal effects on the community structure and transmission patterns of leaf pathogens within invasive plant populations remain scarce. In this study, we characterised the seasonal dynamics of pathogenic fungal communities in the leaf tissue of the invasive plant A. adenophora via culture-dependent and culture-independent methods. The study confirmed that fresh leaves of A. adenophora accumulate diverse pathogenic fungi, including Colletotrichum, Epicoccum, Toxicocladosporium, Mycosphaerella and Didymella. These genera are globally distributed and act as pathogens for a wide range of wild plants and economic crops. The pathogenic fungal communities

SUBMITTER: Li YX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12844525 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature