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Effects of elevated CO(2) on biomass and fungi associated with two ecotypes of ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.)

Herbicide resistant weed populations have developed due to the repeated application of herbicides. Elevated concentrations of atmospheric CO(2) can have positive effects on weed growth, but how rising CO(2) might affect herbicide resistant weeds is not known. Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) eco...

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Autores principales: Runion, G. Brett, Prior, Stephen A., Price, Andrew J., McElroy, J. Scott, Torbert, H. Allen
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4176078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25309569
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2014.00500
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author Runion, G. Brett
Prior, Stephen A.
Price, Andrew J.
McElroy, J. Scott
Torbert, H. Allen
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description Herbicide resistant weed populations have developed due to the repeated application of herbicides. Elevated concentrations of atmospheric CO(2) can have positive effects on weed growth, but how rising CO(2) might affect herbicide resistant weeds is not known. Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) ecotypes known to be resistant or susceptible to glyphosate herbicide were exposed to either ambient or elevated (ambient +200 μ mol mol(−1)) concentrations of CO(2) in open top chambers. Plants were harvested following 8 weeks of CO(2) exposure; at this time, they had begun to exhibit disease symptoms including spots on leaves and stems. Elevated CO(2) significantly increased top, root, and total plant biomass. Also, glyphosate resistant plants had significantly greater top, root, and total biomass than plants susceptible to the herbicide. There were no significant CO(2) by ecotype interactions. Fungi from 13 genera were associated with ragweed, several of which can be either pathogens (i.e., Alternaria, Fusarium, Rhizoctonia), aiding the decline in health of the ragweed plants, or saprophytes existing on dead plant tissues. The common foliar disease powdery mildew was significantly higher on susceptible compared with resistant ragweed. Susceptible plants also showed an increased frequency of Rhizoctonia on leaves and Alternaria on stems; however, Fusarium occurred more frequently on resistant ragweed leaves. Fungi were not affected by CO(2) concentration or its interaction with ecotype. This study reports the first information on the effects of elevated CO(2) on growth of herbicide resistant weeds. This is also the first study examining the impact of herbicide resistance and elevated CO(2) on fungi associated with weeds. What effects herbicide resistance might have on plant diseases and how rising atmospheric CO(2) might impact these effects needs to be addressed, not only with important weeds but also with crops.
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spelling pubmed-41760782014-10-10 Effects of elevated CO(2) on biomass and fungi associated with two ecotypes of ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) Runion, G. Brett Prior, Stephen A. Price, Andrew J. McElroy, J. Scott Torbert, H. Allen Front Plant Sci Plant Science Herbicide resistant weed populations have developed due to the repeated application of herbicides. Elevated concentrations of atmospheric CO(2) can have positive effects on weed growth, but how rising CO(2) might affect herbicide resistant weeds is not known. Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) ecotypes known to be resistant or susceptible to glyphosate herbicide were exposed to either ambient or elevated (ambient +200 μ mol mol(−1)) concentrations of CO(2) in open top chambers. Plants were harvested following 8 weeks of CO(2) exposure; at this time, they had begun to exhibit disease symptoms including spots on leaves and stems. Elevated CO(2) significantly increased top, root, and total plant biomass. Also, glyphosate resistant plants had significantly greater top, root, and total biomass than plants susceptible to the herbicide. There were no significant CO(2) by ecotype interactions. Fungi from 13 genera were associated with ragweed, several of which can be either pathogens (i.e., Alternaria, Fusarium, Rhizoctonia), aiding the decline in health of the ragweed plants, or saprophytes existing on dead plant tissues. The common foliar disease powdery mildew was significantly higher on susceptible compared with resistant ragweed. Susceptible plants also showed an increased frequency of Rhizoctonia on leaves and Alternaria on stems; however, Fusarium occurred more frequently on resistant ragweed leaves. Fungi were not affected by CO(2) concentration or its interaction with ecotype. This study reports the first information on the effects of elevated CO(2) on growth of herbicide resistant weeds. This is also the first study examining the impact of herbicide resistance and elevated CO(2) on fungi associated with weeds. What effects herbicide resistance might have on plant diseases and how rising atmospheric CO(2) might impact these effects needs to be addressed, not only with important weeds but also with crops. Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4176078/ /pubmed/25309569 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2014.00500 Text en Copyright © 2014 Runion, Prior, Price, McElroy and Torbert. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Runion, G. Brett
Prior, Stephen A.
Price, Andrew J.
McElroy, J. Scott
Torbert, H. Allen
Effects of elevated CO(2) on biomass and fungi associated with two ecotypes of ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.)
title Effects of elevated CO(2) on biomass and fungi associated with two ecotypes of ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.)
title_full Effects of elevated CO(2) on biomass and fungi associated with two ecotypes of ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.)
title_fullStr Effects of elevated CO(2) on biomass and fungi associated with two ecotypes of ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.)
title_full_unstemmed Effects of elevated CO(2) on biomass and fungi associated with two ecotypes of ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.)
title_short Effects of elevated CO(2) on biomass and fungi associated with two ecotypes of ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.)
title_sort effects of elevated co(2) on biomass and fungi associated with two ecotypes of ragweed (ambrosia artemisiifolia l.)
topic Plant Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4176078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25309569
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2014.00500
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