Allelopathy and its coevolutionary implications between native and non-native neighbors of invasive Cynara cardunculus L.

ABSTRACT: Invasive plants apply new selection pressures on neighbor plant species by different means including allelopathy. Recent evidence shows allelopathy functions as remarkably influential mediator for invaders to be successful in their invaded range. However, few studies have determined whether native and non-native species co-occurring with invaders have evolved tolerance to allelopathy. In this study, we conducted germination and growth experiments to evaluate whether co-occurring native Juncus pallidus and non-native Lolium rigidum species may evolve tolerance to the allelochemicals induced by Cyanara cardunculus in Australian agricultural fields. The test species were germinated and grown in pots filled with collected invaded and uninvaded rhizosphere soil of C. car

SUBMITTER: Uddin MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7391558 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature