ArticleThe ISME journal2022
Acquisition and evolution of enhanced mutualism-an underappreciated mechanism for invasive success?
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- Progress and future directions of biogeographical comparisons of plant-fungal interactions in invasion contexts.The New phytologist · 2025Pooled it
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- The interplay of microbiome, molecular mechanisms, and fertility -an integrated review.Folia microbiologica · 2026Review
- Divergence among species with "good competitor" and "good cultivator" strategies promotes asymmetric facilitation among co-invaders.Nature communications · 2026Article
- The endomicrobiome and weed invasiveness in Mediterranean ecosystems worldwide.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Spatial variation in AMF communities and soil properties correlates with leaf and root allelopathic potential inFrontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Herbarium specimens reveal a cryptic invasion of polyploid Centaurea stoebe in Europe.The New phytologist · 2025Article
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- Plant G × Microbial E: Plant Genotype Interaction with Soil Bacterial Community Shapes Rhizosphere Composition During Invasion.Microbial ecology · 2024Article
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- Interplay of biotic and abiotic factors shapes tree seedling growth and root-associated microbial communities.Communications biology · 2024Article
- Leaf, root, and soil microbiomes of an invasive plant,Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Soil phosphorus form affects the advantages that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi confer on the invasive plant species,Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Soil biota can determine plant invasiveness, yet biogeographical comparisons of microbial community composition and function across ranges are rare. We compared interactions between Conyza canadensis, a global plant invader, and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in 17 plant populations in each native and non-native range spanning similar climate and soil fertility gradients. We then grew seedlings in the greenhouse inoculated with AM fungi from the native range. In the field, Conyza plants were larger, more fecund, and associated with a richer community of more closely related AM fungal taxa in the non-native range. Fungal taxa that were more abundant in the non-native range also correlated positively with plant biomass, whereas taxa that were more abundant in the native range appeared parasitic. These patterns persisted when populations from both ranges were grown together in a greenhouse; non-native populations cultured a richer and more diverse AM fungal community and selected AM fungi that appeared to be more mutualistic. Our results provide experimental support for evolution toward enhanced mutualism in non-native ranges. Such novel relationships and the rapid evolution of mutualisms may contribute to the disproportionate abundance and impact of some non-native plant species.
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