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DOI | 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01599.x |
Cheatgrass facilitates spillover of a seed bank pathogen onto native grass species | |
Beckstead, Julie1; Meyer, Susan E.2; Connolly, Brian M.1; Huck, Michael B.1; Street, Laura E.1 | |
通讯作者 | Beckstead, Julie |
来源期刊 | JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
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ISSN | 0022-0477 |
出版年 | 2010 |
卷号 | 98期号:1页码:168-177 |
英文摘要 | P>1. Pathogen spillover occurs when disease levels for a given population are driven by transmission from a reservoir species that carries a high pathogen load. Pathogen spillover is widely documented in crop systems, but has been little studied in natural plant communities. 2. The abundant seed production of weedy species may create a scenario where spillover of a generalist seed pathogen onto less abundant seeds of native hosts is possible. The invasive annual weed cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) is a potential reservoir species for Pyrenophora semeniperda, a multiple-host fungal seed pathogen that naturally occurs in the semi-arid western United States. 3. To investigate potential community-level consequences of spillover by this pathogen in plant communities invaded by cheatgrass, we first used artificial inoculation studies to determine the relative susceptibility of seeds of cheatgrass and five co-occurring native grasses to P. semeniperda. Secondly, we quantified the pathogen reservoir (density of pathogen-killed seeds) in the spring seed bank for cheatgrass monoculture, cheatgrass-invaded native grass, and uninvaded native grass patches. Thirdly, potential pathogen spillover onto co-occurring native grasses was quantified by planting native grass seeds into field-collected seed-zone samples from each vegetation patch type and scoring subsequent seed mortality. 4. All species tested were susceptible to infection by P. semeniperda, but their vulnerability to seed death varied as a function of germination time and degree of susceptibility. 5. Seed bank samples from cheatgrass-dominated patches contained seed densities over four times higher than samples from uninvaded native grass patches, and P. semeniperda-killed seeds were also present at much higher densities, indicating that cheatgrass can function as a reservoir for P. semeniperda. Native seeds planted into seed-zone samples from cheatgrass-dominated patches were more likely to be killed by P. semeniperda than those planted into samples from uninvaded native patches. Seed mortality also varied across years, sites and host species. 6. Synthesis. Pathogen spillover onto native seeds is likely to operate within seed banks of semi-arid communities invaded by cheatgrass, and perhaps other weeds, and may have broad consequences for community structure. Our findings also demonstrate the ecological significance of multiple-host pathosystems that operate at the seed stage. |
英文关键词 | apparent competition Bromus tectorum Drechslera campanulata multiple-host pathogen pathogen spillover Pyrenophora semeniperda seed pathogen |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000272657400018 |
WOS关键词 | PYRENOPHORA-SEMENIPERDA ; ELYMUS-ELYMOIDES ; SOIL ; DISEASES ; DYNAMICS ; PLANTS ; FUNGI ; ESTABLISHMENT ; COMPETITION ; MANAGEMENT |
WOS类目 | Plant Sciences ; Ecology |
WOS研究方向 | Plant Sciences ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/165104 |
作者单位 | 1.Gonzaga Univ, Dept Biol, Spokane, WA 99258 USA; 2.US Forest Serv, Rocky Mt Res Stn, Shrub Sci Lab, Provo, UT 84606 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Beckstead, Julie,Meyer, Susan E.,Connolly, Brian M.,et al. Cheatgrass facilitates spillover of a seed bank pathogen onto native grass species[J],2010,98(1):168-177. |
APA | Beckstead, Julie,Meyer, Susan E.,Connolly, Brian M.,Huck, Michael B.,&Street, Laura E..(2010).Cheatgrass facilitates spillover of a seed bank pathogen onto native grass species.JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY,98(1),168-177. |
MLA | Beckstead, Julie,et al."Cheatgrass facilitates spillover of a seed bank pathogen onto native grass species".JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 98.1(2010):168-177. |
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