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Microbial interactions and biocontrol in the rhizosphere [PDF]

Journal of Experimental Botany, 2001
The loss of organic material from the roots provides the energy for the development of active microbial populations in the rhizosphere around the root. Generally, saproptrophs or biotrophs such as mycorrhizal fungi grow in the rhizosphere in response to this carbon loss, but plant pathogens may also develop and infect a susceptible host, resulting in ...
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Mutualistic and antagonistic phyllosphere fungi contribute to plant recruitment in natural communities

Journal of Ecology, EarlyView.
Our results suggest that phyllosphere fungi play a relevant role in the assembly of the sapling bank in forest communities, thus, potentially influencing plant community dynamics. Beyond the well‐known negative effect of pathogenic fungi on recruitment, our results show the mutualistic effect of fungal epiphytes and a dual role of saprotrophs as ...
Mariona Pajares‐Murgó, José L. Garrido, Antonio J. Perea, Álvaro López‐García, Jesús M. Bastida, Julio M. Alcántara   +5 more
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Biological Flora of Britain and Ireland: Cytisus scoparius*

Journal of Ecology, EarlyView.
Broom is an attractive and common native plant across Britain, Ireland and most of Europe, and yet it is considered a harmful and invasive weed around the rest of the world. This is aided by broom thriving on poor dry soils, helped by using green stems for photosynthesis and having root nodules to fix nitrogen.
Peter A. Thomas, Monika Dering, Grzegorz Iszkuło, Marta Kujawska, Adrian Łukowski, Mariola Rabska, Katarzyna Sękiewicz, Dominik Tomaszewski, Łukasz Walas, Marian J. Giertych   +9 more
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Biological invasion by the cycad‐specific scale pest Aulacaspis yasumatsui (Diaspididae) into Cycas revoluta (Cycadaceae) populations on Amami‐Oshima and Okinawa‐jima, Japan

Plant Species Biology, EarlyView.
This article details the invasion of cycad aulacaspis scale into the islands of Okinawa‐Jima and Amami‐Oshima. Several recommendations are proposed in this article by members of the IUCN cycad specialist group and experts in the biological control of this scale insect.
Benjamin E. Deloso, José Said Gutiérrez‐Ortega, Jui‐Tse Chang, Yasuko Ito‐Inaba, Anders J. Lindström, L. Irene Terry, John Donaldson, William Tang, Ronald D. Cave, Jorge Antonio Gómez‐Díaz, Vanessa M. Handley, M. Patrick Griffith, Thomas E. Marler   +12 more
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Missouri Botanical Garden's cycad collection: A journey through time

Plant Species Biology, EarlyView.
This article summarizes the history of the Missouri Botanical Garden's extensive cycad collection. Some of the specimens currently housed in the living collections date back well over 100 years. Cycads continue to face a myriad of threats in the wild, and their conservation in ex situ collections is of critical importance to assist in their survival ...
Benjamin E. Deloso, Andrew Colligan, Rebecca Sucher, Vicente Ramirez   +3 more
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Perennial Flower Strips Can Be a Cost‐Effective Tool for Pest Suppression in Orchards

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Flower strips can provide many economic benefits in commercial orchards, including reducing crop damage by a problematic pest, rosy apple aphid (Dysaphis plantaginea [Passerini]). To explore the financial costs and benefits of this effect, we developed a bio‐economic model to compare the establishment and opportunity costs of perennial ...
Charlotte Howard, Paul J. Burgess, Michelle T. Fountain, Claire Brittain, Michael P. D. Garratt   +4 more
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Beyond adult models: Tribolium castaneum larval timekeeping reveals unexpected robustness and insights into circadian clock

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Circadian rhythms are self‐sustained endogenous oscillations that are found in all living organisms. In insects, circadian rhythms control a wide variety of behavioral and physiological processes, including feeding, locomotion, mating, and metabolism.
Miriam Benita, Ariel Menahem, Animesha Rath, Inon Scharf, Daphna Gottlieb   +4 more
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Exploring marking methods for the predatory hoverfly Sphaerophoria rueppellii (Diptera: Syrphidae)

Insect Science, EarlyView.
As important pollinators and predators of aphids, hoverflies play an important role in ecosystems. This study focuses on identifying the best marking technique for the model species Sphaerophoria rueppellii that can be used to track hoverfly feeding and oviposition sites, evaluating three methods: rubidium (RbCl), fluorescein, and fluorescent dusts ...
Michele Violi, Elena Costi, Elena Monari, Daniele Sommaggio, Lara Maistrello   +4 more
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Alien range size, habitat breadth, origin location, and domestication of alien species matter to their impact risks

Integrative Zoology, Volume 20, Issue 3, Page 520-534, May 2025.
We collected information on 1071 established alien terrestrial vertebrate species (mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians) and created a comprehensive database of 108 alien species to assess their impact risks and examined the generality of relationships between the impact risks and species characteristics.
Siqi WANG, Wenhao LI, Jiaqi ZHANG, Zexu LUO, Yiming LI   +4 more
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Spider communities in the aboveground oak forests of central Europe are determined by vertical scale: An important missing link for biodiversity conservation

Annals of Applied Biology, Volume 186, Issue 3, Page 288-301, May 2025.
Abundance of spiders and species richness increased from the ground level to the canopy in oak forests. Spiders with some specific ecological traits in the sample (such as hunting strategy, dispersal ability, occurrence and light requirements) are specifically distributed in the vertical direction.
Jana Niedobová, Vladimír Hula, Jiří Foit   +2 more
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