Ecological impacts of the invasive plant Xanthium strumarium and the impacts of three aboveground herbivores on the invader

Iqbal, Mazher Farid; Feng, Yu‐Long; Feng, Wei-Wei; Liu, Mingchao; Lu, Xiu-Rong

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108140

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“…In addition to low species richness, this association between particular plant families and X. strumarium in invaded areas has been reported worldwide. For example, [34] reported that the major families of X. strumarium-dominated communities were Asteraceae, Poaceae, Amaranthaceae and Fabaceae, and similar findings were reported by [20,35,72]. While our results matched these findings, discrepancies in taxonomic associations at the family level may be due to geography and climate [83].…”

Section: Strumarium Invasion and Environmental Variablessupporting

confidence: 89%

“…These particular invasive species have been found to be co-dominant in other com-munities' according to other authors. For example, [34] reported P. hysterosporus growing alongside X. strumarium in communities in the Boren zone, Ethiopia, as did [72] in Punjab Pakistan. Xanthium-Cannabis communities were reported by [73] from Lucknow, India.…”

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Invasive Species as Rivals: Invasive Potential and Distribution Pattern of Xanthium strumarium L.

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Xanthium strumarium L. is a globally successful invasive herb that has had significant negative ecological, economic and social impacts in many world regions. The present study was therefore conducted to evaluate the invasive potential and spatial distribution patterns of X. strumarium in heavily invaded plant communities of the semiarid regions of northern Pakistan. Investigations were based on data from 20 plants grown in the Herbarium at the University of Malakand, and from observations in 450 plots distributed across 45 stands representing habitats across Northern Province including open fields, hillocks and abandoned areas in both urban and rural areas. Multivariate analysis identified elevation, organic matter and organic carbon as the environmental variables most associated with communities invaded by X. strumarium. Increased soil silt was positively associated and available water was negatively associated with X. strumarium–invaded communities. These key environmental characteristics allowed us to identify four main associations: Group I: X. strumarium-C. sativa, Group II: X. strumarium-P. hysterophorus, Group III: X. strumarium-A. aspera and Group IV: X. strumarium-C. sativa. Other invasive species were observed, either exotic, such as P. hysterophorus, or indigenous, such as C. sativa and D. inoxia, often co-occurring and responding similarly to these factors. The results suggest that high temperature with drought stress could be a determinant of increasing population at lower elevations, whereas colder climates with adequate moisture are related to reduced populations at higher elevations, near the species’ upper range limits. It is recommend that the inclusion of appropriate, additional soil and climatic variables in species distribution models be implemented in order to better explain species’ ecological niches and help guide conservation and protection plans for native plant communities.

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Invasive Species as Rivals: Invasive Potential and Distribution Pattern of Xanthium strumarium L.

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“… 2020 ; Iqbal et al. 2021 ). Simultaneously, the abundant bioproducts in X. strumarium might be a source of inexpensive medicinal substances targeting bacteria, fungi, and cancer cells, and harvesting cockleburs would decrease its global population and reconcile/integrate the interests of different social groups (Al-Mekhlafi et al.…”

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“…Therefore, Mediterranean cultures were not necessarily the first users of Xanthium -based medicine in Europe (Müller-Kiefer and Tomasello 2022 ), although the supposition regarding the Mediterranean-European or American origin of X. strumarium is still repeated in various sources (Iqbal et al. 2020 , 2021 ; Kelečević et al. 2020 ; Saeed et al.…”

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Direct and indirect targets of carboxyatractyloside, including overlooked toxicity toward nucleoside diphosphate kinase (NDPK) and mitochondrial H ⁺ leak

Woyda-Płoszczyca

2023

Pharmaceutical Biology

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Context The toxicity of atractyloside/carboxyatractyloside is generally well recognized and commonly ascribed to the inhibition of mitochondrial ADP/ATP carriers, which are pivotal for oxidative phosphorylation. However, these glycosides may 'paralyze' additional target proteins. Objective This review presents many facts about atractyloside/carboxyatractyloside and their plant producers, such as Xanthium spp. (Asteraceae), named cockleburs. Methods Published studies and other information were obtained from databases, such as 'CABI - Invasive Species Compendium', 'PubMed', and 'The World Checklist of Vascular Plants', from 1957 to December 2022. The following major keywords were used: 'carboxyatractyloside', 'cockleburs', 'hepatotoxicity', 'mitochondria', 'nephrotoxicity', and ' Xanthium '. Results In the third decade of the twenty first century, public awareness of the severe toxicity of cockleburs is still limited. Such toxicity is often only perceived by specialists in Europe and other continents. Interestingly, cocklebur is among the most widely distributed invasive plants worldwide, and the recognition of new European stands of Xanthium spp. is provided here. The findings arising from field and laboratory research conducted by the author revealed that (i) some livestock populations may instinctively avoid eating cocklebur while grazing, (ii) carboxyatractyloside inhibits ADP/GDP metabolism, and (iii) the direct/indirect target proteins of carboxyatractyloside are ambiguous. Conclusions Many aspects of the Xanthium genus still require substantial investigation/revision in the future, such as the unification of the Latin nomenclature of currently distinguished species, bur morphology status, true fruit (achene) description and biogeography of cockleburs, and a detailed description of the physiological roles of atractyloside/carboxyatractyloside and the toxicity of these glycosides, mainly toward mammals. Therefore, a more careful interpretation of atractyloside/carboxyatractyloside data, including laboratory tests using Xanthium -derived extracts and purified toxins, is needed.

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“…Currently, biological invasion is widely considered as one of the major drivers of global biodiversity loss (Dıáz et al, 2019). As a major group of invasive alien species (IAS) worldwide (Pysěk et al, 2008), range-expanding exotic plants can override, displace local species, and dominate invaded communities (Hejda et al, 2009;Zheng et al, 2015;Iqbal et al, 2021). The enemy release hypothesis (ERH) and biotic resistance hypothesis (BRH) are two long-standing hypotheses explaining the success of some alien plants (Qin et al, 2013;Zheng et al, 2015;Zhao et al, 2020).…”

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The native stem holoparasitic Cuscuta japonica suppresses the invasive plant Ambrosia trifida and related mechanisms in different light conditions in northeast China

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Increasing evidence from low-latitude ranges has demonstrated that native parasitic plants are promising biocontrol agents for some major invasive weeds. However, related mechanisms and the effect of environments on the control effect of the parasite are still unclear. In addition, few related studies have been conducted in high latitude (>40°), where the exotic plant richness is the highest in the globe, but natural enemies are relatively scarce. During field surveys, a Cuscuta species was found on the cosmopolitan invasive weed Ambrosia trifida L. in Shenyang, northeast China. Here, we first studied the impacts of the parasite on the invader at three sites with different light regimes and related mechanisms, then the haustorial connections between the parasite and the invader using anatomy and measurement of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) stable isotope compositions (δ13C, δ15N), and finally identified the parasite using two molecular marks. The parasite was identified as C. japonica Choisy. This native holoparasitic vine posed serious C rather than N limitation to the invader, explaining its greatly inhibitory effects on the invader. Its negative effects were stronger on reproductive relative to vegetative growth, and at high relative to low light habitats, which indicated that the higher the vigor of the host is, the higher the impact of the parasite pose. The parasite could establish haustorial connections with phloem, xylem, and pith of the invader and thus obtain resources from both leaves and roots, which was confirmed by difference of δ13C and δ15N between the two species. The parasite had significantly higher leaf C concentrations and δ13C than its invasive host, being a strong C sink of the parasitic association. Our results indicate that C. japonica may be a promising biological control agent for the noxious invader in China.

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Ecological impacts of the invasive plant Xanthium strumarium and the impacts of three aboveground herbivores on the invader

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Invasive Species as Rivals: Invasive Potential and Distribution Pattern of Xanthium strumarium L.

Invasive Species as Rivals: Invasive Potential and Distribution Pattern of Xanthium strumarium L.

Direct and indirect targets of carboxyatractyloside, including overlooked toxicity toward nucleoside diphosphate kinase (NDPK) and mitochondrial H ⁺ leak

The native stem holoparasitic Cuscuta japonica suppresses the invasive plant Ambrosia trifida and related mechanisms in different light conditions in northeast China

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Ecological impacts of the invasive plant Xanthium strumarium and the impacts of three aboveground herbivores on the invader

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Invasive Species as Rivals: Invasive Potential and Distribution Pattern of Xanthium strumarium L.

Invasive Species as Rivals: Invasive Potential and Distribution Pattern of Xanthium strumarium L.

Direct and indirect targets of carboxyatractyloside, including overlooked toxicity toward nucleoside diphosphate kinase (NDPK) and mitochondrial H + leak

The native stem holoparasitic Cuscuta japonica suppresses the invasive plant Ambrosia trifida and related mechanisms in different light conditions in northeast China

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Direct and indirect targets of carboxyatractyloside, including overlooked toxicity toward nucleoside diphosphate kinase (NDPK) and mitochondrial H ⁺ leak