TY - JOUR AU - Karrer, Gerhard AU - Hall, Rea Maria AU - Le Corre, Valérie AU - Kropf, Matthias TI - Genetic structuring and invasion status of the perennial Ambrosia psilostachya (Asteraceae) in Europe JF - SCIENTIFIC REPORTS J2 - SCI REP VL - 13 PY - 2023 IS - 1 PG - 14 SN - 2045-2322 DO - 10.1038/s41598-023-30377-6 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33687456 ID - 33687456 AB - The perennial western ragweed ( Ambrosia psilostachya DC.) arrived from North America to Europe in the late nineteenth century and behaves invasive in its non-native range. Due to its efficient vegetative propagation via root suckers, A. psilostachya got naturalized in major parts of Europe forming extensive populations in Mediterranean coastal areas. The invasion history, the spreading process, the relationships among the populations as well as population structuring is not yet explored. This paper aims to give first insights into the population genetics of A. psilostachya in its non-native European range based on 60 sampled populations and 15 Simple Sequence Repeats (SSR). By AMOVA analysis we detected 10.4% of genetic variation occurring among (pre-defined) regions. These regions represent important harbors for trading goods from America to Europe that might have served as source for founder populations. Bayesian Clustering revealed that spatial distribution of genetic variation of populations is best explained by six groups, mainly corresponding to regions around important harbors. As northern populations show high degrees of clonality and lowest levels of within-population genetic diversity (mean H o = 0.40 ± 0.09), they could preserve the initial genetic variation levels by long-lived clonal genets. In Mediterranean populations A. psilostachya expanded to millions of shoots. Some of those were obviously spread by sea current along the coast to new sites, where they initiated populations characterized by a lower genetic diversity. For the future, the invasion history in Europe might get clearer after consideration of North American source populations of western ragweed. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Keszthelyi, Sándor AU - Kazinczi, Gabriella AU - Somfalvi-Tóth, Katalin TI - Geographical dispersion of ragweed leaf beetle ( Ophraella communa ) based on climatic and biological characters in the Palearctic habitats JF - AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY J2 - AGR FOREST ENTOMOL VL - 25 PY - 2023 IS - 2 SP - 165 EP - 185 PG - 21 SN - 1461-9555 DO - 10.1111/afe.12541 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33145353 ID - 33145353 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Molofsky, Jane AU - Thom, Dominik AU - Keller, Stephen R. AU - Milbrath, Lindsey R. TI - Closely related invasive species may be controlled by the same demographic life stages JF - NEOBIOTA J2 - NEOBIOTA VL - 82 PY - 2023 SP - 189 EP - 207 PG - 19 SN - 1619-0033 DO - 10.3897/neobiota.82.95127 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33924075 ID - 33924075 AB - Invasive species that are closely related to each other may have similar population dynamics and, there-fore, be controlled by targeting similar life stages. We studied two invasive knapweed species, spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe subsp. micranthos) and the hybrid meadow knapweed complex (Centaurea x moncktonii) in New York, USA, to determine their individual population growth rates (lambda) across several sites over three years. Both knapweed species had growth rates that were greater than 1 (spotted knapweed lambda ranged from 1.005-1.440; meadow knapweed lambda ranged from 1.541-2.408), but there was high vari-ability between years and sites. One study population of meadow knapweed was composed primarily of individuals of black knapweed ancestry (C. nigra), a species that, while introduced, is not invasive. For this population, the projected dynamics were stable (lambda approximately 1). Elasticity analysis showed that the flowering-to-flowering stage contributed the most to population growth rate for six of seven sites and three additional transitions were also influential for four of seven sites of spotted and meadow knapweed: the seedling-to-vegetative stage, vegetative-to-flowering stage and flowering-to-seedling stage. We simulated how increasing vital rates would affect population growth and found that both spotted and meadow knap-weed followed the same pattern. The vital rate of established seedlings maturing to flowering plants had the greatest effect on population growth, followed by the survival of new and established seedlings. In all cases, the responses were non-linear, with small initial changes having a large effect. Increases in the vital rates of later stages also tended to have a positive effect on growth rate, but the effects were more mod-est. Although the sensitivity analysis indicated that early vital rates had the largest effect on population growth, targeting these stages is not practical for management. Rather, reducing older life stage survival or delaying maturation of vegetative individuals would be more effective. The similarity between the popula-tion dynamics and how each life stage contributes to population growth provides support that protocols developed for one species should be effective for the other species with the caveat that any biological control agent should be directly tested on the target species before being utilised. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Müller-Schärer, H. AU - Sun, Y. AU - Schaffner, U. TI - When a plant invader meets its old enemy abroad: what can be learnt from accidental introductions of biological control agents JF - PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE J2 - PEST MANAG SCI PY - 2023 SN - 1526-498X DO - 10.1002/ps.7390 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33735708 ID - 33735708 N1 - Export Date: 5 April 2023 CODEN: PMSCF Correspondence Address: Sun, Y.; College of Resources and Environment, China; email: yan.sun@mail.hzau.edu.cn LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Augustinus, B.A. AU - Blum, M. AU - Citterio, S. AU - Gentili, R. AU - Helman, D. AU - Nestel, D. AU - Schaffner, U. AU - Müller-Schärer, H. AU - Lensky, I.M. TI - Ground-truthing predictions of a demographic model driven by land surface temperatures with a weed biocontrol cage experiment JF - ECOLOGICAL MODELLING J2 - ECOL MODEL VL - 466 PY - 2022 SN - 0304-3800 DO - 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.109897 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32717661 ID - 32717661 N1 - CABI, Delémont, Switzerland Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland Department of Geography and Environment, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy Department of Soil and Water Sciences (Institute of Environmental Sciences), The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel Advanced School for Environmental Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel Department of Entomology, Institute of Plant Protection, Volcani center, Agricultural Research Organization Rishon LeZion, Israel Export Date: 3 March 2022 CODEN: ECMOD Correspondence Address: Augustinus, B.A.; CABI, Delémont, Switzerland LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Pu, Lei AU - Cheng, Lang AU - Li, Ai AU - Liang, Sha AU - Wei, Qing AU - Wu, Shulan AU - He, Linxuan AU - Xu, Xiangning AU - Lei, Ningfei AU - Chen, Jinsong TI - Effects of clonal integration on allelopathy of invasive plant Wedelia trilobata under heterogeneous light conditions JF - JOURNAL OF PLANT ECOLOGY J2 - J PLANT ECOL-UK VL - 15 PY - 2022 IS - 3 SP - 663 EP - 671 PG - 9 SN - 1752-9921 DO - 10.1093/jpe/rtab028 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32929014 ID - 32929014 AB - Plant invasion is one of the most serious threats to ecosystems worldwide. When invasive plants with the ability of clonal growth invading or colonizing in new habitat, their interconnected ramets may suffer from heterogeneous light. Effects of clonal integration on allelopathy of invasive plants are poorly understood under heterogeneous light conditions. To investigate the effects of clonal integration on allelopathy of invasive plant Wedelia trilobata under heterogeneous light conditions, a pot experiment was conducted by using its clonal fragments with two successive ramets. The older ramets were exposed to full light, whereas the younger ones were subjected to 20% full light. The younger ramets of each clonal fragment were adjacently grown with a target plant (one tomato seedling) in a pot. Stolon between two successive ramets was either severed or retained intact. In addition, two tomato seedlings (one as target plant) were adjacently grown in a pot as contrast. Compared with severing stolon, biomass accumulation, foliar chlorophyll and nitrogen contents, chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and net photosynthetic rates of the target plants as well as their root length and activity, were significantly decreased when stolon between interconnected ramets of W. trilobata retained intact. Under heterogeneous light conditions, transportation or sharing of carbohydrate between two successive ramets enhanced allelopathy of the young ramets subjected to 20% full light treatment. It is suggested that clonal integration may be important for invasion or colonization of invasive plants with ability of clonal growth under heterogeneous light conditions. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Sun, Y. AU - Müller-Schärer, H. AU - Schaffner, U. TI - Fighting neobiota with neobiota: Consider it more often and do it more rigorously JF - BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION J2 - BIOL CONSERV VL - 268 PY - 2022 PG - 10 SN - 0006-3207 DO - 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109506 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32775314 ID - 32775314 N1 - Cited By :10 Export Date: 6 February 2024 CODEN: BICOB Correspondence Address: Müller-Schärer, H.; Department of Biology, Switzerland; email: heinz.mueller@unifr.ch LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Sun, Yan AU - Zuest, Tobias AU - Silvestro, Daniele AU - Erb, Matthias AU - Bossdorf, Oliver AU - Mateo, Pierre AU - Robert, Christelle AU - Mueller-Schaerer, Heinz TI - Climate warming can reduce biocontrol efficacy and promote plant invasion due to both genetic and transient metabolomic changes JF - ECOLOGY LETTERS J2 - ECOL LETT VL - 25 PY - 2022 IS - 6 SP - 1387 EP - 1400 PG - 14 SN - 1461-023X DO - 10.1111/ele.14000 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32924427 ID - 32924427 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: Swiss National Science R'EQUIP [157884]; Novartis Foundation [17B083]; German Research Foundation [INST 37/935--1 FUGG]; Swiss National Science Foundation [31003A_166448, P300PA_161014, PCEFP3_187012]; Scientific Research Foundation for Returned Scholars, Huazhong Agricultural University [11042110026] Funding text: Swiss National Science R'EQUIP, Grant/Award Number: 157884; Novartis Foundation, Grant/Award Number: #17B083; German Research Foundation, Grant/Award Number: INST 37/935--1 FUGG; Swiss National Science Foundation, Grant/Award Number: 31003A_166448, P300PA_161014 and PCEFP3_187012; Scientific Research Foundation for Returned Scholars, Huazhong Agricultural University, Grant/Award Number: 11042110026 AB - Climate change may affect plant-herbivore interactions and their associated ecosystem functions. In an experimental evolution approach, we subjected replicated populations of the invasive Ambrosia artemisiifolia to a combination of simulated warming and herbivory by a potential biocontrol beetle. We tracked genomic and metabolomic changes across generations in field populations and assessed plant offspring phenotypes in a common environment. Using an integrated Bayesian model, we show that increased offspring biomass in response to warming arose through changes in the genetic composition of populations. In contrast, increased resistance to herbivory arose through a shift in plant metabolomic profiles without genetic changes, most likely by transgenerational induction of defences. Importantly, while increased resistance was costly at ambient temperatures, warming removed this constraint and favoured both vigorous and better defended plants under biocontrol. Climate warming may thus decrease biocontrol efficiency and promote Ambrosia invasion, with potentially serious economic and health consequences. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Hall, Rea Maria AU - Urban, Bernhard AU - Skalova, Hana AU - Moravcová, Lenka AU - Sölter, Ulrike AU - Starfinger, Uwe AU - Kazinczi, Gabriella AU - van Valkenburg, Johan AU - Fenesi, Annamária AU - Konstantinovic, Bojan AU - Uludag, Ahmet AU - Lommen, Suzanne AU - Karrer, Gerhard TI - Seed viability of common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) is affected by seed origin and age, but also by testing method and laboratory JF - NEOBIOTA J2 - NEOBIOTA VL - 70 PY - 2021 SP - 193 EP - 221 PG - 29 SN - 1619-0033 DO - 10.3897/neobiota.70.66915 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32546461 ID - 32546461 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Kutasy, Barbara Júlia AU - Farkas, Zoltán AU - Kolics, Balázs AU - Decsi, Kincső AU - Hegedűs, Géza AU - Kovács, Judit AU - Taller, János AU - Tóth, Zoltán AU - Kálmán, Nikoletta AU - Kazinczi, Gabriella AU - Virág, Eszter Andrea TI - Detection of Target-Site Herbicide Resistance in the Common Ragweed: Nucleotide Polymorphism Genotyping by Targeted Amplicon Sequencing JF - DIVERSITY (BASEL) J2 - DIVERSITY-BASEL VL - 13 PY - 2021 IS - 3 PG - 17 SN - 1424-2818 DO - 10.3390/d13030118 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31911925 ID - 31911925 AB - Background: The spread of herbicide-resistance Ambrosia artemisiifolia threatens not only the production of agricultural crops, but also the composition of weed communities. The reduction of their spread would positively affect the biodiversity and beneficial weed communities in the arable habitats. Detection of resistant populations would help to reduce herbicide exposure which may contribute to the development of sustainable agroecosystems. Methods: This study focuses on the application of target-site resistance (TSR) diagnostic of A. artemisiifolia caused by different herbicides. We used targeted amplicon sequencing (TAS) on Illumina Miseq platform to detect amino acid changes in herbicide target enzymes of resistant and wild-type plants. Results: 16 mutation points of four enzymes targeted by four herbicide groups, such as Photosystem II (PSII), Acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS), 5-enolpyruvylshikimate 3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) and protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase (PPO) inhibitors have been identified in common ragweed populations, so far. All the 16 mutation points were analyzed and identified. Out of these, two mutations were detected in resistant biotypes. Conclusions: The applied next-generation sequencing-targeted amplicon sequencing (NGS-TAS) method on A. artemisiifolia resistant and wild-type populations enable TSR detection of large sample numbers in a single reaction. The NGS-TAS provides information about the evolved herbicide resistance that supports the integrated weed control through the reduction of herbicide exposure which may preserve ecological properties in agroecosystems. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Augustinus, B. AU - Sun, Y. AU - Beuchat, C. AU - Schaffner, U. AU - Müller-Schärer, H. TI - Predicting impact of a biocontrol agent: integrating distribution modeling with climate-dependent vital rates JF - ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS J2 - ECOL APPL VL - 30 PY - 2020 IS - 1 SN - 1051-0761 DO - 10.1002/eap.2003 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31144533 ID - 31144533 N1 - CABI, Delémont, 2800, Switzerland Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, 1700, Switzerland Export Date: 28 January 2020 CODEN: ECAPE Correspondence Address: Sun, Y.; Department of Biology, University of FribourgSwitzerland; email: yansun.ecology@gmail.com CABI, Delémont, 2800, Switzerland Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, 1700, Switzerland Cited By :5 Export Date: 9 September 2020 CODEN: ECAPE Correspondence Address: Sun, Y.; Department of Biology, University of FribourgSwitzerland; email: yansun.ecology@gmail.com CABI, Delémont, 2800, Switzerland Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, 1700, Switzerland Cited By :5 Export Date: 15 September 2020 CODEN: ECAPE Correspondence Address: Sun, Y.; Department of Biology, University of FribourgSwitzerland; email: yansun.ecology@gmail.com CABI, Delémont, 2800, Switzerland Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, 1700, Switzerland Cited By :8 Export Date: 8 September 2021 CODEN: ECAPE Correspondence Address: Sun, Y.; Department of Biology, Switzerland; email: yansun.ecology@gmail.com LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Augustinus, B.A. AU - Gentili, R. AU - Horvath, D. AU - Naderi, R. AU - Sun, Y. AU - Tournet, A.-M.T.E. AU - Schaffner, U. AU - Müller-Schärer, H. TI - Assessing the risks of non-target feeding by the accidentally introduced ragweed leaf beetle, Ophraella communa, to native European plant species JF - BIOLOGICAL CONTROL J2 - BIOL CONTROL VL - 150 PY - 2020 SN - 1049-9644 DO - 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2020.104356 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31596212 ID - 31596212 N1 - University of Fribourg, Department of Biology, Fribourg, 1700, Switzerland CABI, Delémont, 2800, Switzerland Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ambiente e della Terra, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, 20126, Italy Department of Crop Production & Plant Breeding, School of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran Export Date: 9 September 2020 CODEN: BCIOE Correspondence Address: Augustinus, B.A.; CABI, Rue des Grillons 1, Switzerland; email: benno.augustinus@gmail.com University of Fribourg, Department of Biology, Fribourg, 1700, Switzerland CABI, Delémont, 2800, Switzerland Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ambiente e della Terra, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, 20126, Italy Department of Crop Production & Plant Breeding, School of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran Export Date: 15 September 2020 CODEN: BCIOE Correspondence Address: Augustinus, B.A.; CABI, Rue des Grillons 1, Switzerland; email: benno.augustinus@gmail.com LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Augustinus, Benno A. AU - Lommen, Suzanne T. E. AU - Fogliatto, Silvia AU - Vidotto, Francesco AU - Smith, Tessa AU - Horvath, David AU - Bonini, Maira AU - Gentili, Rodolfo F. AU - Citterio, Sandra AU - Mueller-Schaerer, Heinz AU - Schaffner, Urs TI - In-season leaf damage by a biocontrol agent explains reproductive output of an invasive plant species JF - NEOBIOTA J2 - NEOBIOTA VL - 55 PY - 2020 IS - 55 SP - 117 EP - 146 PG - 30 SN - 1619-0033 DO - 10.3897/neobiota.55.46874 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31380301 ID - 31380301 N1 - CABI, Rue des Grillons 1, Delémont, 2800, Switzerland Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, Fribourg, 1700, Switzerland Section Plant Ecology and Phytochemistry, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, Leiden, 2333 BE, Netherlands Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari, Università degli Studi di Torino via Largo Braccini 2, Grugliasco (TO), 10095, Italy Local Health Authority, Milano Città Metropolitana, Via Spagliardi 19-20015 Parabiago, Milan, 20122, Italy Dipartimento di Science Ambientali, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, Milano, 20126, Italy Export Date: 9 September 2020 Correspondence Address: Augustinus, B.A.; CABI, Rue des Grillons 1, Switzerland; email: b.augustinus@cabi.org CABI, Rue des Grillons 1, Delémont, 2800, Switzerland Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, Fribourg, 1700, Switzerland Section Plant Ecology and Phytochemistry, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, Leiden, 2333 BE, Netherlands Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari, Università degli Studi di Torino via Largo Braccini 2, Grugliasco (TO), 10095, Italy Local Health Authority, Milano Città Metropolitana, Via Spagliardi 19-20015 Parabiago, Milan, 20122, Italy Dipartimento di Science Ambientali, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, Milano, 20126, Italy Export Date: 15 September 2020 Correspondence Address: Augustinus, B.A.; CABI, Rue des Grillons 1, Switzerland; email: b.augustinus@cabi.org CABI, Rue des Grillons 1, Delémont, 2800, Switzerland Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, Fribourg, 1700, Switzerland Section Plant Ecology and Phytochemistry, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, Leiden, 2333 BE, Netherlands Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari, Università degli Studi di Torino via Largo Braccini 2, Grugliasco (TO), 10095, Italy Local Health Authority, Milano Città Metropolitana, Via Spagliardi 19-20015 Parabiago, Milan, 20122, Italy Dipartimento di Science Ambientali, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, Milano, 20126, Italy Export Date: 8 September 2021 Correspondence Address: Augustinus, B.A.; CABI, Rue des Grillons 1, Switzerland; email: b.augustinus@cabi.org LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Bouchemousse, Sarah AU - Falquet, Laurent AU - Mueller-Scharer, Heinz TI - Genome Assembly of the Ragweed Leaf Beetle: A Step Forward to Better Predict Rapid Evolution of a Weed Biocontrol Agent to Environmental Novelties JF - GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION J2 - GENOME BIOL EVOL VL - 12 PY - 2020 IS - 7 SP - 1167 EP - 1173 PG - 7 SN - 1759-6653 DO - 10.1093/gbe/evaa102 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31768625 ID - 31768625 AB - Rapid evolution of weed biological control agents (BCAs) to new biotic and abiotic conditions is poorly understood and so far only little considered both in pre-release and post-release studies, despite potential major negative or positive implications for risks of nontargeted attacks or for colonizing yet unsuitable habitats, respectively. Provision of genetic resources, such as assembled and annotated genomes, is essential to assess potential adaptive processes by identifying underlying genetic mechanisms. Here, we provide the first sequenced genome of a phytophagous insect used as a BCA, that is, the leaf beetle Ophraella communa, a promising BCA of common ragweed, recently and accidentally introduced into Europe. A total 33.98Gb of raw DNA sequences, representing similar to 43-fold coverage, were obtained using the PacBio SMRT-Cell sequencing approach. Among the five different assemblers tested, the SMARTdenovo assembly displaying the best scores was then corrected with Illumina short reads. A final genome of 774Mb containing 7,003 scaffolds was obtained. The reliability of the final assembly was then assessed by benchmarking universal single-copy orthologous genes (>96.0% of the 1,658 expected insect genes) and by remapping tests of Illumina short reads (average of 98.6 +/- 0.7% without filtering). The number of protein-coding genes of 75,642, representing 82% of the published antennal transcriptome, and the phylogenetic analyses based on 825 orthologous genes placing O. communa in the monophyletic group of Chrysomelidae, confirm the relevance of our genome assembly. Overall, the genome provides a valuable resource for studying potential risks and benefits of this BCA facing environmental novelties. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Mueller-Schaerer, Heinz AU - Bouchemousse, Sarah AU - Litto, Maria AU - McEvoy, Peter B. AU - Roderick, George K. AU - Sun, Yan TI - How to better predict long-term benefits and risks in weed biocontrol: an evolutionary perspective JF - CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE J2 - CURR OPIN INSECT SCI VL - 38 PY - 2020 SP - 84 EP - 91 PG - 8 SN - 2214-5745 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31521469 ID - 31521469 AB - Classical biological control (also called importation biological control) of weeds has a remarkable track record for efficiency and safety, but further improvement is still needed, particularly to account for potential evolutionary changes after release. Here, we discuss the increasing yet limited evidence of post-introduction evolution and describe approaches to predict evolutionary change. Recent advances include using experimental evolution studies over several generations that combine-omics tools with behavioral bioassays. This novel approach in weed biocontrol is well suited to explore the potential for rapid evolutionary change in real-time and thus can be used to estimate more accurately potential benefits and risks of agents before their importation. We outline this approach with a chrysomelid beetle used to control invasive common ragweed. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Müller‐Schärer, H. AU - Bouchemousse, S. AU - Litto, M. AU - McEvoy, P.B. AU - Roderick, G.K. AU - Sun, Y. TI - How to better predict long-term benefits and risks in weed biocontrol: an evolutionary perspective JF - CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE J2 - CURR OPIN INSECT SCI VL - 38 PY - 2020 SP - 84 EP - 91 PG - 8 SN - 2214-5745 DO - 10.1016/j.cois.2020.02.006 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31380275 ID - 31380275 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Schaffner, Urs AU - Steinbach, Sandro AU - Sun, Yan AU - Skjoth, Carsten A. AU - de, Weger Letty A. AU - Lommen, Suzanne T. AU - Augustinus, Benno A. AU - Bonini, Maira AU - Karrer, Gerhard AU - Sikoparija, Branko AU - Thibaudon, Michel AU - Mueller-Schaerer, Heinz TI - Biological weed control to relieve millions from Ambrosia allergies in Europe JF - NATURE COMMUNICATIONS J2 - NAT COMMUN VL - 11 PY - 2020 IS - 1 SN - 2041-1723 DO - 10.1038/s41467-020-15586-1 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31380300 ID - 31380300 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Sun, Yan AU - Bossdorf, Oliver AU - Grados, Ramon D. AU - Liao, ZhiYong AU - Mueller-Schaerer, Heinz TI - Rapid genomic and phenotypic change in response to climate warming in a widespread plant invader JF - GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY J2 - GLOBAL CHANGE BIOL VL - 26 PY - 2020 IS - 11 SP - 6511 EP - 6522 PG - 12 SN - 1354-1013 DO - 10.1111/gcb.15291 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31730287 ID - 31730287 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: Deutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftGerman Research Foundation (DFG) [INST 37/935-1 FUGG]; Novartis Stiftung fur Medizinisch-Biologische Forschung [17B083]; Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Forderung der Wissenschaftlichen ForschungAustrian Science Fund (FWF) [31003A_166448, P300PA_161014] Funding text: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Grant/Award Number: INST 37/935-1 FUGG; Novartis Stiftung fur Medizinisch-Biologische Forschung, Grant/Award Number: 17B083; Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Forderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Grant/Award Number: 31003A_166448 and P300PA_161014 Plant Evolutionary Ecology, Institute of Evolution & Ecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, China Department of Biology/Ecology & Evolution, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland Cited By :1 Export Date: 21 July 2021 Correspondence Address: Sun, Y.; Plant Evolutionary Ecology, Germany; email: yan.sun@unifr.ch Funding details: Novartis Foundation, 17B083 Funding details: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG, 31003A_166448, INST 37/935‐1 FUGG Funding details: Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, SNF, P300PA_161014 Funding text 1: Y.S. was supported by an Advanced Postdoc.Mobility fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF; Project No. P300PA_161014), with additional support from the Novartis Foundation (#17B083 to H.M.‐S. and Y.S.). Y.S. and O.B. acknowledge support by Maximilian Hanussek from the High Performance and Cloud Computing Group at the Zentrum für Datenverarbeitung of the University of Tübingen, the state of Baden‐Württemberg through bwHPC and the German Research Foundation (DFG) through grant no. INST 37/935‐1 FUGG. H.M.‐S. acknowledges funding through the Swiss National Science Foundation (project number 31003A_166448). We gratefully acknowledge the support and help of Detlef Weigel, Gautam Shirsekar, Julia Hildebrandt and Ilja Bezrukov with the DNA sequencing, Martin Kapun for their help with the pool‐seq analyses and Daniel Wegmann and Jérôme Goudet for their suggestions on how to assess selection through ratios of phenotypic and genetic divergences in our study. We also thank Kay Hodgins and Michael Martin for the draft genome of Ambrosia artemisiifolia, and two reviewers for their constructive comments on an earlier version of this manuscript. Funding text 2: Y.S. was supported by an Advanced Postdoc.Mobility fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF; Project No. P300PA_161014), with additional support from the Novartis Foundation (#17B083 to H.M.-S. and Y.S.). Y.S. and O.B. acknowledge support by Maximilian Hanussek from the High Performance and Cloud Computing Group at the Zentrum f?r Datenverarbeitung of the University of T?bingen, the state of Baden-W?rttemberg through bwHPC and the German Research Foundation (DFG) through grant no. INST 37/935-1 FUGG. H.M.-S. acknowledges funding through the Swiss National Science Foundation (project number 31003A_166448). We gratefully acknowledge the support and help of Detlef Weigel, Gautam Shirsekar, Julia Hildebrandt and Ilja Bezrukov with the DNA sequencing, Martin Kapun for their help with the pool-seq analyses and Daniel Wegmann and J?r?me Goudet for their suggestions on how to assess selection through ratios of phenotypic and genetic divergences in our study. We also thank Kay Hodgins and Michael Martin for the draft genome of Ambrosia artemisiifolia, and two reviewers for their constructive comments on an earlier version of this manuscript. Open access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. Plant Evolutionary Ecology, Institute of Evolution & Ecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, China Department of Biology/Ecology & Evolution, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland Cited By :1 Export Date: 6 September 2021 Correspondence Address: Sun, Y.; Plant Evolutionary Ecology, Germany; email: yan.sun@unifr.ch AB - Predicting plant distributions under climate change is constrained by our limited understanding of potential rapid adaptive evolution. In an experimental evolution study with the invasive common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifoliaL.) we subjected replicated populations of the same initial genetic composition to simulated climate warming. Pooled DNA sequencing of parental and offspring populations showed that warming populations experienced greater genetic divergence from their parents, than control populations. In a common environment, offspring from warming populations showed more convergent phenotypes in seven out of nine plant traits, with later flowering and larger biomass, than plants from control populations. For both traits, we also found a significantly higher ratio of phenotypic to genetic differentiation across generations for warming than for control populations, indicating stronger response to selection under warming conditions. As a measure for evolutionary rate, the phenotypic and sequence divergence between generations were assessed using the Haldane metric. Our approach combining comparisons between generations (allochronic) and between treatments (synchronic) in an experimental evolutionary field study, and linking population genomic data with phenotyping analyses provided a powerful test to detect rapid responses to selection. Our findings demonstrate that ragweed populations can rapidly evolve in response to climate change within a single generation. Short-term evolutionary responses to climate change may aggravate the impact of some plant invaders in the future and should be considered when making predictions about future distributions and impacts of plant invaders. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Xin Xiao, null AU - Wang Yihui, null AU - Han Cheng, null AU - Cui Yihao, null AU - Xu Yingchen, null AU - Tao Yang, null AU - Zhang Dongen, null AU - Xu Xingyou, null TI - Porous flower-like Ni5P4 for non-enzymatic electrochemical detection of glucose JF - MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS J2 - MATER CHEM PHYS VL - 240 PY - 2020 PG - 7 SN - 0254-0584 DO - 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2019.122202 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31521468 ID - 31521468 AB - Porous flower-like Ni5P4 was successfully synthesized and characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM and XPS. The flower-like Ni5P4 modified glassy carbon electrode (Ni5P4 GCE) has significant electrocatalytic activities for glucose oxidation in 0.1 M sodium hydroxide solution. The experimental results show that the flower-like Ni5P4 has a linear detection range for glucose from 0.002 to 5.3 mM, the detection limit is 0.7 mu M (S/N = 3). In addition, this Ni5P4 GCE can be successfully utilized to measure glucose content in human serum, therefore it is expected to be used to determine glucose in actual samples. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Skjøth, Carsten Ambelas AU - Sun, Yan AU - Karrer, Gerhard AU - Sikoparija, Branko AU - Smith, Matt AU - Schaffner, Urs AU - Müller-Schärer, Heinz TI - Predicting abundances of invasive ragweed across Europe using a “top-down” approach JF - SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT J2 - SCI TOTAL ENVIRON VL - 686 PY - 2019 SP - 212 EP - 222 PG - 11 SN - 0048-9697 DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.215 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/30712721 ID - 30712721 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: EU COST Action "Sustainable management of Ambrosia artemisiifolia in Europe (SMARTER)" [FA1203]; European Commission through aMarie Curie Career Integration Grant [CIG631745]; Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation [C13.0146]; Swiss Federal Office for the Environment [13.0098.KP/M323-0760]; Novartis FoundationNovartis [17B083]; Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Republic of Serbia [OI173002, III44006]; IPA Cross-border Cooperation Programme Croatia -Serbia 2014-2020 (RealForAll project) [2017HR-RS151]; Provincial Secretariat for Finances, Autonomous Province Vojvodina [102-401-337/2017-02-4-35-8]; Austrian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water; eight federal state governments of Austria [100198]; European Commission through aMarie Curie Career Integration Grant (Acronym SUPREME); NERCUK Research & Innovation (UKRI)Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) [NE/N003756/1, NE/N002105/1, NE/N002431/1, NE/N001710/1] Funding Source: UKRI Funding text: We acknowledge data from the Global Multi-resolution Terrain Elevation Data 2010, made available from the U.S. Geological Survey, distributed by the Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC), located at USGS/EROS, Sioux Falls, SD. http://lpdaac.usgs.gov. We also acknowledge the 90 m elevation data provided by CGIAR: http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org/. We acknowledge financial support from EU COST Action FA1203 "Sustainable management of Ambrosia artemisiifolia in Europe (SMARTER)": http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/fa/FA1203, by the European Commission through aMarie Curie Career Integration Grant (Project ID CIG631745 and Acronym SUPREME to CAS), by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (C13.0146; to HMS), the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (13.0098.KP/M323-0760; to HMS), by Novartis Foundation (grant number 17B083 to HMS and YS), to BS by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Republic of Serbia (project numbers OI173002 and III44006), IPA Cross-border Cooperation Programme Croatia -Serbia 2014-2020 (RealForAll project no. 2017HR-RS151), Provincial Secretariat for Finances, Autonomous Province Vojvodina (contract no. 102-401-337/2017-02-4-35-8). We acknowledge also the support by the Austrian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water, and by eight federal state governments of Austria (Project no 100198, RAGWEED; to GK). LA - English DB - MTMT ER -