Soil pathogen communities associated with native and non-native Phragmites australis populations in freshwater wetlands.

ABSTRACT: Soil pathogens are believed to be major contributors to negative plant-soil feedbacks that regulate plant community dynamics and plant invasions. While the theoretical basis for pathogen regulation of plant communities is well established within the plant-soil feedback framework, direct experimental evidence for pathogen community responses to plants has been limited, often relying largely on indirect evidence based on above-ground plant responses. As a result, specific soil pathogen responses accompanying above-ground plant community dynamics are largely unknown. Here, we examine the oomycete pathogens in soils conditioned by established populations of native noninvasive and non-native invasive haplotypes of Phragmites australis (European common reed). Our aim was to assess whether popula

SUBMITTER: Nelson EB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3892333 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature