{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["14(3)"],"submitter":["Ndabankulu K"],"pubmed_abstract":["Soils in grasslands and savannas of southern Africa are acidic and nutrient-poor. Legume plants, such as <i>Vachellia nilotica</i> and alien invasive <i>Leucaena leucocephala</i>, are a major component of the vegetation there. <i>Vachellia nilotica</i> can establish in drought-prone environments, and is invasive in high rainfall areas. <i>Leucaena leucocephala</i> is an emerging invasive in South Africa and is ranked among the world's 100 most invasive alien species. Alien plants can invade native habitats through their adaptability to low-resource soils, and thus can out-compete and displace native vegetation. We investigated the effects of phosphorus (P) deficiency and soil acidity on legume-microbe symbiosis, nitrogen (N) nutrition and carbon (C) growth costs of these two legumes in gra"],"journal":["AoB PLANTS"],"pagination":["plac026"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9211186"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Alien invasive <i>Leucaena leucocephala</i> successfully acquires nutrients by investing in below-ground biomass compared to native <i>Vachellia nilotica</i> in nutrient-amended soils in South Africa."],"pmcid":["PMC9211186"],"pubmed_authors":["Magadlela A","Ndabankulu K","Tsvuura Z"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Alien invasive <i>Leucaena leucocephala</i> successfully acquires nutrients by investing in below-ground biomass compared to native <i>Vachellia nilotica</i> in nutrient-amended soils in South Africa.","description":"Soils in grasslands and savannas of southern Africa are acidic and nutrient-poor. Legume plants, such as <i>Vachellia nilotica</i> and alien invasive <i>Leucaena leucocephala</i>, are a major component of the vegetation there. <i>Vachellia nilotica</i> can establish in drought-prone environments, and is invasive in high rainfall areas. <i>Leucaena leucocephala</i> is an emerging invasive in South Africa and is ranked among the world's 100 most invasive alien species. Alien plants can invade native habitats through their adaptability to low-resource soils, and thus can out-compete and displace native vegetation. We investigated the effects of phosphorus (P) deficiency and soil acidity on legume-microbe symbiosis, nitrogen (N) nutrition and carbon (C) growth costs of these two legumes in gra","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Jun","modification":"2025-04-26T23:32:37.722Z","creation":"2025-04-06T17:34:03.611Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9211186","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35747246"],"doi":["10.1093/aobpla/plac026"]}}