Microbes and invasive plants
Microbes and invasive plants
Introduction * Key Microorganisms * Interaction Mechanisms * Current Research
Introduction
Interaction between microbes and invasive plants indicates two aspect: 1)invasive plants influence microbial community composition and its ecological functions as consequences of plant invasion; 2)changed or original microbial community influences the process of invasive plants as drivers of invasion process. Three key interactions are involved: plant-pathogen, plant-symbiont and plant-decomposer interaction.
Key Microorganisms
Key Microorganisms involved in the interaction of invasive plants and microbes include three main categories: parasites or pathogens, mutualists or symbionts, and saprotrophs or decomposers.
Parasites or Pathogens and Invasive Plants
Evidence of plant species-specific pathogens have been found in rhizosphere of plants[1], which
Mutualists or Symbionts Invasive Plants
Saprotrophs or Decomposers and Invasive Plants
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