The invasive plant species Japanese knotweed and Himalayan balsam influence the abundance of soil arthropods and are characterized by lower richness of root-associated fungi compared to the native nettle in riparian habitats. Just published today in Biological Invasions!
➡ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-023-03034-2
#SystemLink #Landau #RPTU #Fallopia #Fallopiajaponica #Impatiens #Impatiensglandulifera #Urtica #Urticadioica #Acari #Collembola #biodiversity #metabarcoding #endophytes #mycorrhiza #Japaneseknotweed #Himalayanbalsam
#himalayanbalsam #japaneseknotweed #mycorrhiza #endophytes #Metabarcoding #biodiversity #Collembola #acari #urticadioica #Urtica #impatiensglandulifera #Impatiens #fallopiajaponica #Fallopia #rptu #landau #SystemLink
Just published today in Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil: #Nitrification inhibition by #polyphenols from invasive #Japanese knotweed (#Fallopia japonica) under copper stress, by #Girardi et al.
▶️https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jpln.202200255
#landau #pnr #resveratrol #emodin #SystemLink #Girardi #Fallopia #japanese #polyphenols #Nitrification
Many thanks to Lizzie Harper for allowing us to use her excellent drawing of #Fallopia japonica!
https://twitter.com/lizzie_harper/status/1588970586797404160