Effect of soil nutrients, neighbor identities and root separation types on intra‐ and interspecific interaction among three clonal plant species

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Wajahat Husain Jaafry ◽  
Dezhi Li ◽  
Zhihua Fan ◽  
Lu Liu ◽  
Xiaoyu Wei ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenyin Wang ◽  
Tianhua Jia ◽  
Tianyun Qi ◽  
Shanshan Li ◽  
Degen A.Allan ◽  
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Abstract Background The interaction between rhizosphere microorganisms and rhizosphere exudates is considered a ‘novel weapon’ for poisonous plants’ colonization, but the relationship between them in facilitating the expansion of poisonous plants in degraded or barren land is poorly understood. We examined this relationship in different degradation levels of alpine grasslands on the Tibetan plateau (3,700 m a.s.l) by determining the composition of root exudates, soil physical and chemical properties, rhizosphere microbial diversity and carbon metabolism of the main poisonous and non-poisonous plant species. Results Soil nutrients, including total organic carbon, total nitrogen and available phosphorous, diversity of microorganisms and microbial carbon metabolism were greater in the rhizosphere of poisonous than in non-poisonous plant species (P < 0.05). The distribution of bacteria and root exudates were plant species specific. Soil microbial communities were affected by habitat and plant species in degraded grassland, and more so for bacteria than fungi. The cell growth and death pathway for the poisonous species Ligularia virgaurea was greater than for other poisonous species (P < 0.05), and the difference increased with an increase in grassland degradation and a decrease in soil nutrients (P < 0.05), which could explain how L. virgaurea became the dominant poisonous species in degraded alpine grassland. The roots of L. virgaurea exudated such compounds as alkaloids, lupinic acid, terpenes, artemisinin, and coumarin, which were correlated positively with different bacteria in different habitats. Conclusion It was concluded that poisonous plant species adapted to degraded grassland through the interaction of root exudates and rhizosphere microorganisms, which facilitated their expansion in degraded alpine grassland.


2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne‐Kristel Bittebiere ◽  
Hugo Saiz ◽  
Cendrine Mony

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
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Ellen L. Goddard ◽  
Sandra Varga ◽  
Elizabeth A. John ◽  
Carl D. Soulsbury

2013 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 16-23 ◽  
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J. Oudot-Canaff ◽  
G. Bornette ◽  
M.R. Viricel ◽  
F. Piola ◽  
S. Mousset ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 174 (3) ◽  
pp. 1055-1064 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lidewij H. Keser ◽  
Wayne Dawson ◽  
Yao-Bin Song ◽  
Fei-Hai Yu ◽  
Markus Fischer ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ning Wang ◽  
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Weifang Li ◽  
Bing Zhou ◽  
Xiaohong Yan

1987 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-131 ◽  
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Norman C. Ellstrand ◽  
Mikeal L. Roose

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