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Desert Milkweed (Asclepias erosa) as a Midsummer Resource for Arthropod Communities in the Great Basin Desert [PDF]

Ecol Evol
BLURB FOR ETOC: In the Great Basin Desert, many plants senesce as heat and drought intensify in midsummer, potentially concentrating arthropods on the few species that remain physiologically active. We surveyed arthropods on desert milkweed (Asclepias erosa) during this period and recorded 1779 individuals representing 67 morphospecies across 41 plants;
Diethelm A, Wilcox H, Renegado H.
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Environment and Host Genetics Drive Infection Outcomes in a Butterfly Host, but Do Not Interact With Each Other. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
This study examined how host genetics and larval food plant environment influence parasite infection outcomes in monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) infected with the protozoan Ophryocystis elektroscirrha. We tested for genotype × environment interactions on infection status, infection burden, lifespan, and wing size.
Majewska AA, Chlebove G, de Roode JC.
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Inoculation with old‐growth microbes improves restoration quality and reduces non‐native encroachment after seven years [PDF]

Ecol Appl
Abstract Understanding the mechanisms that promote native seedling establishment in disturbed ecosystems is key to improving the biodiversity and function of landscape restorations. Over seven growing seasons, we examined the effects of site preparation technique, soil microbial inoculations, and their interactions on native plant establishment in the ...
Cheeke T, Bryant R, Davies G, Koziol L, Bever J.   +4 more
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Beneficial Insect Attraction to Milkweeds (Asclepias speciosa, Asclepias fascicularis) in Washington State, USA

Insects, 2016
Native plant and beneficial insect associations are relatively unstudied yet are important in native habitat restoration programs for improving and sustaining conservation biological control of arthropod pests in agricultural crops.
David G James, Gerry Lauby
exaly   +3 more sources

Impacts of Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) Leaf Age on Larval Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Survival, Growth, Development, and Feeding Behavior [PDF]

Insects
Milkweed (Asclepias spp.) is the sole host plant for monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) larvae, yet its quality varies within and among individual plants.
Kelsey E. Fisher, Caleb B. Bryan, Cody Acevedo, Kevin E. Anderson, Kira M. Goldman, Karena Kulakowski, Samantha N. Shimota, Steven P. Bradbury   +7 more
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Phylogenomics Reveals Deep Divergences and Cryptic Species Within a Rare Sand‐Dwelling Milkweed, Asclepias tomentosa Elliott [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Integrative taxonomy incorporates multiple data types to delineate and describe species and discovers hidden biodiversity (i.e., ‘cryptic’ species) previously undetected when relying solely on morphology.
Daniel P. Duran, Jason E. Ksepka, Scott A. Davis, William Godwin, Robert A. S. Laroche   +4 more
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Floristic Account of Apocynaceae (Gentianales) in Tunisia: New Additions to National and North African Flora with Nomenclatural Updates and Taxonomic Notes [PDF]

Plants
A taxonomic revision of the family Apocynaceae (Gentianales) from Tunisia is presented. Field surveys carried out during the last two decades allowed us to identify new records at the national level, i.e., Asclepias curassavica, Carissa macrocarpa ...
Ridha El Mokni, Duilio Iamonico
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Development and Verification of an Interspecific Hybridization Protocol for Asclepias

HortScience, 2021
Milkweed (Asclepias sp.) is an important pollinator genus across North America and is a host plant for many butterfly species, notably the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus).
Mary Lewis, Matthew Chappell, Paul A. Thomas, Rebekah C. Maynard, Ockert Greyvenstein   +4 more
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Enriched CO₂ and Root-Associated Fungi (Mycorrhizae) Yield Inverse Effects on Plant Mass and Root Morphology in Six Asclepias Species

Plants, 2021
While milkweeds (Asclepias spp.) are important for sustaining biodiversity in marginal ecosystems, CO2 flux may afflict Asclepias species and cause detriment to native communities.
Rondy J. Malik, James D. Bever
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A draft genome and transcriptome of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) as resources for evolutionary, ecological, and molecular studies in milkweeds and Apocynaceae [PDF]

PeerJ, 2019
Milkweeds (Asclepias) are used in wide-ranging studies including floral development, pollination biology, plant-insect interactions and co-evolution, secondary metabolite chemistry, and rapid diversification.
Kevin Weitemier, Shannon C.K. Straub, Mark Fishbein, C. Donovan Bailey, Richard C. Cronn, Aaron Liston   +5 more
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