Non-native grass alters growth of native tree species via leaf and soil microbes

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 247-255

  Rudgers, Jennifer A ^a,b   Orr, Samuel ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Elaeagnus umbellata; Endophyte; Fraxinus pennsylvanica; Invasion; Lolium arundinaceum; Neotyphodium; Plant soil feedback; Platanus occidentalis; Succession; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GRASS; GROWTH RESPONSE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAF; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SUCCESSION; SURVIVAL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER NEGUNDO; AILANTHUS; AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA; CERCIS CANADENSIS; ELAEAGNUS UMBELLATA; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS PENNSYLVANICA; LOLIUM; NEOTYPHODIUM; NEOTYPHODIUM COENOPHIALUM; PLATANUS OCCIDENTALIS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS OCCIDENTALIS; PRUNUS SEROTINA; QUERCUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 60049087544     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01478.x     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Ball, D.M., Pedersen, J.F. Lacefield, G.D. (1993) The tall fescue endophyte. American Scientist, 81, 370 379.
2. Bush, L.P., Wilkinson, H.H. Schardl, C.L. (1997) Bioprotective alkaloids of grass-fungal endophyte symbioses. Plant Physiology, 114, 1 7.
3. Callaway, R.M., Thelen, G.C., Rodriguez, A. Holben, W.E. (2004) Soil biota and exotic plant invasion. Nature, 427, 731 733.
4. Chu-chou, M., Guo, G., An, Z.Q., Hendrix, J.W., Ferris, R.S., Siegel, M.R., Dougherty, C.T. Burrus, P.B. (1992) Suppression of mycorrhizal fungi in fescue by the Acremonium coenophialum endophyte. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 24, 633 637.
5. Clay, K. (1990) Fungal endophytes of grasses. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 21, 275 297.
6. Clay, K. (1996) Interactions among fungal endophytes, grasses and herbivores. Researches on Population Ecology, 38, 191 201.
7. Clay, K. Holah, J. (1999) Fungal endophyte symbiosis and plant diversity in successional fields. Science, 285, 1742 1744.
8. Clay, K., Marks, S. Cheplick, G.P. (1993) Effects of insect herbivory and fungal endophyte infection on competitive interactions among grasses. Ecology, 74, 1767 1777.
9. Clay, K., Holah, J. Rudgers, J.A. (2005) Herbivores cause a rapid increase in hereditary symbiosis and alter plant community composition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 102, 12465 12470.
10. Cronk, Q.C.B. Fuller, J.L. (2001) Plant Invaders: The Threat to Natural Ecosystems. Earthscan Publications, Ltd., Sterling, VA.
11. Ehrenfeld, J.G. (2003) Effects of exotic plant invasions on soil nutrient cycling processes. Ecosystems, 6, 503 523.
12. Franzluebbers, A.J. Hill, N.S. (2005) Soil carbon, nitrogen, and ergot alkaloids with short- and long-term exposure to endophyte-infected and endophyte-free tall fescue. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 69, 404 412.
13. Franzluebbers, A.J. Stuedemann, J.A. (2005) Soil carbon and nitrogen pools in response to tall fescue endophyte infection, fertilization, and cultivar. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 69, 396 403.
14. Franzluebbers, A.J., Nazih, N., Stuedemann, J.A., Fuhrmann, J.J., Schomberg, H.H. Hartel, P.G. (1999) Soil carbon and nitrogen pools under low- and high-endophyte-infected tall fescue. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 63, 1687 1694.
15. Gwinn, K.D. Gavin, A.M. (1992) Relationship between endophyte infection level of tall fescue seed lots and Rhizoctonia zeae seedling disease. Plant Disease, 76, 911 914.
16. Holm, S. (1979) A simple sequential rejective multiple test procedure. Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, 6, 65 70.
17. Inderjit, Callaway, R.M. Vivanco, J.M. (2006) Can plant biochemistry contribute to understanding of invasion ecology? Trends in Plant Science, 11, 574 80.
18. Javaid, A. (2008) Allelopathy in mycorrhizal symbiosis in the Poaceae family. Allelopathy Journal, 21, 207 218.
19. Jenkins, M.B., Franzluebbers, A.J. Humayoun, S.B. (2006) Assessing short-term responses of prokaryotic communities in bulk and rhizosphere soils to tall fescue endophyte infection. Plant and Soil, 289, 309 320.
20. Larson, M.M. Schwarz, E.L. (1980) Allelopathic inhibition of black locust, red clover, and black alder by six common herbaceous species. Forest Science, 26, 511 520.
21. Lemons, A., Clay, K. Rudgers, J.A. (2005) Connecting plant-microbial interactions above and belowground: a fungal endophyte affects decomposition. Oecologia, 145, 595 604.
22. Levine, J.M., Vila, M., D'Antonio, C.M., Dukes, J.S., Grigulis, K. Lavorel, S. (2003) Mechanisms underlying the impacts of exotic plant invasions. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 270, 775 781.
23. Lipinska, H. Harkot, W. (2007) Allelopathic activity of grassland species. Allelopathy Journal, 19, 3 36.
24. Mack, K.M.L. Rudgers, J.A. (2008) Balancing multiple mutualists: asymmetric interactions among plants, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and fungal endophytes. Oikos, 117, 310 320.
25. Malinowski, D.P. Belesky, D.P. (2000) Adaptations of endophyte-infected cool-season grasses to environmental stresses: Mechanisms of drought and mineral stress tolerance. Crop Science, 40, 923 940.
26. Matthews, J.W. Clay, K. (2001) Influence of fungal endophyte infection on plant-soil feedback and community interactions. Ecology, 82, 500 509.
27. Mummey, D.L. Rillig, M.C. (2006) The invasive plant species Centaurea maculosa alters arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in the field. Plant and Soil, 288, 81 90.
28. Omacini, M., Chaneton, E.J., Ghersa, C.M. Otero, P. (2004) Do foliar endophytes affect grass litter decomposition? A microcosm approach using Lolium multiflorum. Oikos, 104, 581 590.
29. Omacini, M., Eggers, T., Bonkowski, M., Gange, A.C. Jones, T.H. (2006) Leaf endophytes affect mycorrhizal status and growth of co-infected and neighbouring plants. Functional Ecology, 20, 226 232.
30. Orr, S.P., Rudgers, J.A. Clay, K. (2005) Invasive plants can inhibit native tree seedlings: Testing potential allelopathic mechanisms. Plant Ecology, 181, 153 165.
31. Packer, A. Clay, K. (2000) Soil pathogens and spatial patterns of seedling mortality in a temperate tree. Nature, 404, 278 281.
32. Peters, E.J. Luu, K.T. (1985) Allelopathy in tall fescue. ACS Symposium Series, 268, 273 283.
33. Ponder, F. (1986) Effects of three weeds on the growth and mycorrhizal infection of black walnut seedlings. Canadian Journal of Botany, 64, 1888 1892.
34. Preece, J.E., Navarrete, N., Vansambeek, J.W. Gaffney, G.R. (1991) An in vitro microplant bioassay using clonal white ash to test for tall fescue allelopathy. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture, 27, 203 210.
35. Raloff, J. (2003) Cultivating weeds: is your yard a menace to parks and wild lands? Science News, 163, 232.
36. Reinhart, K.O. Callaway, R.M. (2006) Soil biota and invasive plants. New Phytologist, 170, 445 457.
37. Rekah, Y., Shtienberg, D. Katan, J. (2001) Role of the shrub Tamarix nilotica in dissemination of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici. Plant Disease, 85, 735 739.
38. Renne, I.J., Rios, B.G., Fehmi, J.S. Tracy, B.F. (2004) Low allelopathic potential of an invasive forage grass on native grassland plants: a cause for encouragement? Basic and Applied Ecology, 5, 261 269.
39. Richardson, D.M., Allsopp, N., D'Antonio, C.M., Milton, S.J. Rejmanek, M. (2000) Plant invasions: The role of mutualisms. Biological Reviews, 75, 65 93.
40. Rudgers, J.A. Clay, K. (2007) Endophyte symbiosis with tall fescue: How strong are the impacts on communities and ecosystems? Fungal Biology Reviews, 21, 107 124.
41. Rudgers, J.A., Koslow, J.M. Clay, K. (2004) Endophytic fungi alter relationships between diversity and ecosystem properties. Ecology Letters, 7, 42 51.
42. Rudgers, J.A., Mattingly, W.B. Koslow, J.M. (2005) Mutualistic fungus promotes plant invasion into diverse communities. Oecologia, 144, 463 471.
43. Rudgers, J.A., Holah, J., Orr, S.P. Clay, K. (2007) Forest succession suppressed by an introduced plant-fungal symbiosis Ecology, 88, 18 25.
44. Schardl, C.L., Grossman, R.B., Nagabhyru, P., Faulkner, J.R. Mallik, U.P. (2007) Loline alkaloids: Currencies of mutualism. Phytochemistry, 68, 980 996.
45. Stinson, K.A., Campbell, S.A., Powell, J.R., Wolfe, B.E., Callaway, R.M., Thelen, G.C., Hallett, S.G., Prati, D. Klironomos, J.N. (2006) Invasive plant suppresses the growth of native tree seedlings by disrupting belowground mutualisms. Plos Biology, 4, 727 731.
46. USDA & NRCS (2008) The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 12 March 2008). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
47. van der Putten, W.H., Klironomos, J.N. Wardle, D.A. (2007) Microbial ecology of biological invasions. ISME Journal, 1, 28 37.
48. Vitousek, P.M., Walker, L.R., Whiteaker, L.D., Muellerdombois, D. Matson, P.A. (1987) Biological invasion by Myrica faya alters ecosystem development in Hawaii. Science, 238, 802 804.
49. Vivanco, J.M., Bais, H.P., Stermitz, F.R., Thelen, G.C. Callaway, R.M. (2004) Biogeographical variation in community response to root allelochemistry: novel weapons and exotic invasion. Ecology Letters, 7, 285 292.
50. Weir, T.L. (2007) The role of allelopathy and mycorrhizal associations in biological invasions. Allelopathy Journal, 20, 43 50.
51. West, C.P., Izekor, E., Oosterhuis, D.M. Robbins, R.T. (1988) The effect of Acremonium coenophialum on the growth and nematode infestation of tall fescue. Plant and Soil, 112, 3 6.
52. Wolfe, B.E. Klironomos, J.N. (2005) Breaking new ground: Soil communities and exotic plant invasion. Bioscience, 55, 477 487.
53. Zhang, Q., Yao, L.J., Yang, R.Y., Yang, X.Y., Tang, J.J. Chen, X. (2007) Potential allelopathic effects of an invasive species Solidago canadensis on the mycorrhizae of native plant species. Allelopathy Journal, 20, 71 77.