ReviewJournal of chemical ecology2012
Microbes as targets and mediators of allelopathy in plants.
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54 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A critical reassessment of the novel weapons hypothesis and allelopathy as an adaptive strategy that facilitates plant invasion.The New phytologist · 2025Pooled it
- Meta-analytic evidence that allelopathy may increase the success and impact of invasive grasses.PeerJ · 2023Pooled it
- Cereal rye (Secale cereale) and canola (Brassica napus) cover crops reduce dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) herbivore damage.Pest management science · 2026Article
- Soil microbiota promote the success of the perennial legume Lupinus polyphyllus more strongly in invasive than in native populations.Annals of botany · 2026Article
- Better together: Microbial diversity might facilitate the invasion success of the seagrassbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Macrophyte Extracts Promote the Growth of the Microbial Community Associated With Microcystis aeruginosa Alleviating Allelopathic Effects.Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation · 2026Article
- Spatial variation in AMF communities and soil properties correlates with leaf and root allelopathic potential inFrontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- A potent biosurfactant producing bacterial endophyte isolated from root gall of lady's finger (Abelmoschus esculentus).International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2025Article
- Variation in suppression of black-grass by modern and ancestral cereal root exudates.Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) · 2025Article
- Fungi Follow Flora, Bacteria Track the Seasons: A Tale of a Changing Landscape.Microbial ecology · 2025Article
- The Invasive Plant,Insects · 2025Article
- Invasive Plants' Root Extracts Display Stronger Allelopathic Activity on the Germination and Seedling Growth of a New Zealand Native Species than Extracts of Another Native Plant or Conspecifics.Journal of chemical ecology · 2024Article
- Cell-Free Extracts of the Ginseng Soil BacteriumBiology · 2024Article
- Endophytic bacteria with allelopathic potential regulate gene expression and metabolite production in hostFrontiers in plant science · 2024Article
- Continuous cropping system altered soil microbial communities and nutrient cycles.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Eastern redcedar roots create legacy effects that suppresses growth of prairie species.Ecology and evolution · 2023Article
- The Legacy of Plant Invasion: Impacts on Soil Nitrification and Management Implications.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Nitrogen deposition further increases Ambrosia trifida root exudate invasiveness under global warming.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2023Article
- The First Evidence of Gibberellic Acid's Ability to Modulate Target Species' Sensitivity to Honeysuckle (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Characteristics of Soil Physicochemical Properties and Microbial Community of Mulberry (Microorganisms · 2023Article
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Abstract
Studies of allelopathy in terrestrial systems have experienced tremendous growth as interest has risen in describing biochemical mechanisms responsible for structuring plant communities, determining agricultural and forest productivity, and explaining invasive behaviors in introduced organisms. While early criticisms of allelopathy involved issues with allelochemical production, stability, and degradation in soils, an understanding of the chemical ecology of soils and its microbial inhabitants has been increasingly incorporated in studies of allelopathy, and recognized as an essential predictor of the outcome of allelopathic interactions between plants. Microbes can mediate interactions in a number of ways with both positive and negative outcomes for surrounding plants and plant communities. In this review, we examine cases where soil microbes are the target of allelopathic plants leading to indirect effects on competing plants, provide examples where microbes play either a protective effect on plants against allelopathic competitors or enhance allelopathic effects, and we provide examples where soil microbial communities have changed through time in response to allelopathic plants with known or potential effects on plant communities. We focus primarily on interactions involving wild plants in natural systems, using case studies of some of the world's most notorious invasive plants, but we also provide selected examples from agriculturally managed systems. Allelopathic interactions between plants cannot be fully understood without considering microbial participants, and we conclude with suggestions for future research.
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