Virulence of oomycete pathogens from Phragmites australis‐invaded and noninvaded soils to seedlings of wetland plant species

• Published in: Ecology and evolution Vol. 5; no. 11; pp. 2127 - 2139
• Main Authors: Crocker, Ellen V., Karp, Mary Ann, Nelson, Eric B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.06.2015; BlackWell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Aquatic plants; Biota; Community structure; Flowers & plants; Indigenous plants; Indigenous species; Introduced species; Invasive plants; Invasive species; Invasiveness; Laboratories; Native species; Nonnative species; Original Research; Pathogens; Phragmites australis; Plant communities; Plant invasions; Plant populations; Plant species; plant–soil feedbacks; Populations; Pythium; Seedlings; soil biota; Soils; Specialization; Structure-function relationships; Virulence; Wetlands; New York; United States > US; North America; Plant invasions; soil biota; Pythium; plant–soil feedbacks

Soil pathogens affect plant community structure and function through negative plant–soil feedbacks that may contribute to the invasiveness of non‐native plant species. Our understanding of these pathogen‐induced soil feedbacks has relied largely on observations of the collective impact of the soil b...