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Simulated Acid Rain Accelerates Litter Decomposition and Enhances the Allelopathic Potential of the Invasive Plant Wedelia trilobata (Creeping Daisy)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Rui Long Wang ,
Christian Staehelin ,
Franck E. Dayan ,
Yuan Yuan Song ,
Yi Juan Su  and
Ren Sen Zeng
Rui Long Wang
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Key Laboratory of Tropical Agro-environment, Ministry of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Christian Staehelin
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
Franck E. Dayan
Affiliation:
USDA–ARS, Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, University of Mississippi, MS 38677-8048
Yuan Yuan Song
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Key Laboratory of Tropical Agro-environment, Ministry of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Yi Juan Su
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Key Laboratory of Tropical Agro-environment, Ministry of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Ren Sen Zeng*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Key Laboratory of Tropical Agro-environment, Ministry of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
*
Corresponding author's E-mail: rszeng@scau.edu.cn
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Abstract

Invasive species and acid rain cause global environmental problems. Creeping daisy, an invasive exotic allelopathic weed, has caused great damage in southern China, where acid rain is prevalent. The impact of the acidity of simulated acid rain (SAR) on soil nutrients, the decomposition of creeping daisy litter, and on the allelopathic potential of the surrounding soils was investigated. Litter was treated with SAR at different acidity (pH 2.5, 4.0, 5.6) or with water (pH 7.0) as a control. After 70 d, the remaining amount of creeping daisy litter, nutrient contents, and allelopathic potentials in the surrounding soil were determined. The litter decomposition was commensurate to the increase in the acidity of the SAR. Total C and N contents, NO3−-N and available P increased, levels of NH4+-N, the ratio of C/N and soil pH values decreased, water contents increased and then decreased, whereas available K did not significantly change in the soil surrounding the litters in response to the increase in the acidity of the SAR. Bioassays showed that SAR promoted the allelopathic activity in the soil surrounding the litter, as measured by seedling growth of turnip and radish. In conclusion, our results indicated that SAR influenced soil nutrient status, accelerated creeping daisy litter decomposition, and enhanced the allelopathic potential of its litter in the surrounding soil, suggesting that acid rain may enhance the invasiveness of creeping daisy plants.

Keywords

Creeping daisy, Wedelia trilobata (L.) Hitchcturnip, Brassica campestris Lradish, Raphanus sativus LBiology invasionbioassayallelochemical-soil interactionsphytotoxin
Type
Weed Biology and Ecology
Information
Weed Science , Volume 60 , Issue 3 , September 2012 , pp. 462 - 467
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Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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