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... In 1998, Hadroplontus (formerly Ceutorhynchus) litura, a stem-mining weevil, was introduced into a limited area in Minnesota for the biological control of Canada thistle, Cirsium arvense. Although showing a preference for C. arvense, initial host range testing in the 1960s indicated H. litura attacked other native Cirsium species. Before promoting or augmenting biocontrol with H. litura in Minneso ...
... Decomposition rates of an invasive plant litter in native-species communities can be slower, since decomposers are not adapted to the litter of the invasive species. We have compared rates of plant decomposition and the structure of arthropod communities during the incubation of the litter of the invasive giant goldenrod Solidago gigantea (Asteraceae) and three native species (Urtica dioica, Cirsi ...
Astragalus sinicus; Centaurea cyanus; Cirsium arvense; Coreopsis grandiflora; Halictidae; Lepidoptera; Muscidae; Nandina domestica; Oenothera speciosa; Rosa chinensis; case studies; ecological balance; flowers; green infrastructure; introduced species; landscapes; pollination; pollinators; species richness; suburban areas; urbanization; China
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... Urbanization is one of the primary forces driving worldwide pollinator decline. Moderate urban expansion with appropriate green space planning can help in maintaining pollinator diversity and pollination service. We investigated the relative effects of landscape and local factors on the diversity of flower-visitor functional groups in a moderately urbanized city, Wuhan, located in central China. W ...
... Dibenzylbutyrolactone-type lignans are phenolic compounds of medical importance. The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of two such lignans, arctigenin and trachelogenin on the motility of isolated rat ileum and obtain indications on their mechanism of action. They were isolated from Arctium lappa and Cirsium arvense, respectively, which have been used traditionally to treat gastroi ...
... The degradation of unused agricultural lands is noted to cause significant damage to agricultural production such as plot overgrowing with weeds, blackened surface layer emergence, the existing microrelief disturbance, soil self- compaction and acidification, soil infiltration properties deterioration, and water erosion. (Research purpose) The research aims to determine the technological and physi ...
... Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle), a perennial herb native to Eurasia, has been introduced to temperate regions and is a serious weed for arable and pastoral agriculture (Schroeder et al. 1993). C. arvense reproduces both clonally and sexually. It is highly competitive, causes yield reductions in crops such as wheat, alfalfa, and sugarbeet, and can reduce forage availability and production (Wilson ...
... We reviewed the timing of the peak rate of emergence for 15 problematic weed species as well as ways to use this knowledge to improve control. Much of the previous literature modeled emergence based on growing-degree-days. For these models, we input average temperature data from several zones of Northeast USA. Within species, model-predicted peak emergence in the warmest and coolest zones differed ...
Cirsium arvense; Cleridae; Pteromalus; Urophora cardui; biomass; fauna; immatures; insect density; insects; new host records; parasitoids; Great Plains region; North Dakota
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... We surveyed the insect fauna associated with Urophora cardui L. (Diptera: Tephritidae) galls on Canada thistle, Cirsium arvense L. (Asterales, Asteraceae), in parts of the northern Great Plains, U.S., by field-collecting galls and rearing or dissecting out the insects. We also examined the relationships between gall biomass and insect density and biomass. Urophora cardui were widespread, and the g ...
... Agricultural intensification has been implicated in global biodiversity declines. In the European Union, agri‐environmental schemes are designed to address this. For pollinating insects, funding has been provided to sow wildflower mixes. However, previous research indicates that a suite of agricultural weeds are also of great importance to pollinators. Here, we compare the biodiversity associated ...
... Alternaria helianthiinficiens previously has been found as a pathogen of sunflower and cosmos in northern hemisphere. This fungus comprises a monotypic lineage which obviously is a separate group that has not been formally described as a section. Information about morphology, distribution, and pathogenic characters of this species is very limited. During this study, two taxonomic novelties were en ...
... A new species, Botrytis polygoni, was isolated from several species of Polygonaceae in 2011 and 2012 in Tongwei County, Gansu Province, China. The species infects Fagopyrum esculentum, F. tataricum, and Fallopia convolvulus, causing brown leaf spots and large blotches with concentric rings in the field. Botrytis polygoni is morphologically characterized by conidia spherical, unicellular, hyaline t ...
... Parasitoids and predators exploiting similar food resource make aphidophagous guilds especially favourable systems for studying intraguild predation, but ants as third parties protect aphids against their natural enemies and in return obtain carbohydrate-rich honeydew as a nutritional resource. A field experiment on the interrelationship among aphids, ants and predators/parasitoids was conducted o ...
... Potatoes are one of the most responsive crops for grooming techniques since in the period from seedlings before closing rows are easily suppressed by weeds that take away nutrients, water, light from it. The factor that causes high harm to potatoes is weed. By absorbing a large number of nutrients and moisture from the soil, weeds inhibit the growth and development of plants, reducing their potent ...
... Throughout Europe, Cirsium arvense is the most problematic perennial weed in arable crops, whether managed under organic or conventional agriculture. Non-chemical control methods are limited with partial efficacy. Knowledge is missing on their effect across a wide gradient of cropping systems and pedoclimates. To achieve effective Cirsium arvense management ensuring crop productivity while limitin ...
... Elymus repens (L.) Gould), Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. and Sonchus arvensis L. are important arable creeping perennial weeds in Europe. These are clonal plants with subterranean reproductive organs (E. repens, rhizomes, the two dicots, horizontal creeping roots) sprouting from ramets. We tested the sprouting ability and early growth of ramet sprouts at temperatures typical for Nordic autumn climate ...
... QUESTIONS: A range of landscape and local environmental factors, including invasion, interact with species functional diversity and trait composition to shape biodiversity patterns and ecosystem function of wetlands. A trait‐based, mechanistic understanding of community assembly holds promise for wetland conservation, but this has been rarely examined across scales. We examined: (a) the relative i ...
Cirsium arvense; Hordeum vulgare; autumn; cover crops; crop yield; mechanical weed control; research; rhizosphere; spring barley; tillage; topsoil; Northern European region
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... Weed control is important to improve crop yield in organic farming. In Northern Europe, the use of mechanical weed control restricts the ability to use green manure-cover crops that could be a key source of N supply. In a two-year experiment repeated twice, the objective of this study was to compare the effect of cover crop- and autumn tillage-based systems on N uptake of the succeeding barley cro ...
... The biological and economic efficiency of the use of the new, combined herbicide Uniko, CSC, (100 g/L fluroxypyr + 2.5 g/L florasulam) at application rates of 1.0, 1.25, 1.5, and 1.75 L/ha is studied in field trials. Cereal crops were sprayed in three stages: tillering/early booting, flag leaf stage, and heading (the experiment using herbicides at the latest stage was performed in Russia for the f ...
... To develop a potential bio herbicide, herbicide activity and crop safety of fungal strain HZ-31 isolated from naturally infected weed Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. were investigated. The study was conducted in vitro and in vivo during the summers of 2017 and 2018. Strain HZ-31 showed broad-spectrum herbicidal activity, both in vitro and in vivo, when targeting Elsholtzia densa Benth., Polygonum lapat ...
Borago officinalis; Centaurea cyanus; Cirsium arvense; Cosmos bipinnatus; Tagetes erecta; Verbena; agroecosystems; biological control; economic sustainability; eggplants; field experimentation; flowers; habitats; insecticides; natural enemies; pest control
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... Flower strips can play an important role in agro-ecosystems by supporting populations of pests’ natural enemies, thereby enhancing biological control. However, few studies have considered enhancing habitat for natural enemies around greenhouses. We conducted a two-year field experiment to (i) identify potential flowering species enhancing natural enemy populations but not pest populations; and (ii ...
... The perennial weed, Cirsium arvense (creeping, Canada or Californian thistle), is notorious for its ability to tolerate defoliation by mowing, herbivores or herbicides. The tolerance of 36 genotypes of C. arvense was examined by establishing pairs of clonal replicates that were assigned to a clipped or unclipped treatment. Three clippings were applied from spring to early summer to simulate repeat ...
... Trade-offs between performance and tolerance of abiotic and biotic stress have been proposed to explain both the success of invasive species and frequently observed size differences between native and introduced populations. Canada thistle seeds collected from across the introduced North American and the native European range were grown in benign and stressful conditions (nutrient stress, shading, ...
... There is a need both in organic farming and on farms using integrated pest management for non-chemical measures that control the perennial weed flora. The effect of mechanical weeding and fertilisation on perennial weeds, fungal diseases and soil structure were evaluated in two different experiments in spring cereals. Experiment I included six strategies. The first strategy was (1) without specifi ...
... In order to identify qualitative markers of a potential mycoherbicide against Canada thistle based on the mycelium of the fungus Stagonospora cirsii VIZR 1.41, changes in its pathogenicity and lipid profiles during submerged cultivation on liquid sucrose-soybean medium were analyzed. The fatty-acid composition of major lipids and the identification of molecular species of structural lipids were de ...
... New data platforms have made satellite data freely available and farmers can now produce variable rate application (VRA) maps for nitrogen fertilisers and other inputs based on satellite images. The data platforms are currently attracting attention for site-specific weed management because they are free and user-friendly. Satellite imagery is mainly relevant for detecting large, dense weed patches ...
... Infection and delayed wound healing are two major serious complications related to traumatic injuries and cause a significant burden to patients and society. Most currently available drug delivery materials typically carry a single drug, lack protection from drug loading, and face challenges in on-demand and precisely controlled drug release. Here, we report a flower (Cirsium arvense)-inspired cap ...
... The effects of aqueous extracts from aboveground parts of Solidago canadensis L. as well as from dominant species of four main succession stages on the degraded forest soils of the Kemerovo region (Filipendula ulmaria, Chamaenerion angustifolium, Cirsium setosum, Poa pratensis) on the germinating capacity and speed of Lepidium sativum seeds were investigated. It was showed that Solidago canadensis ...
... Harrowing is mostly applied with a constant intensity across the whole field. Heterogeneous field conditions such as variable soil texture, different crop growth stages, variations of the weed infestation level, and weed species composition are usually not considered during the treatment. This study offers a new approach to sensor-based harrowing which addresses these field variations. Smart harro ...
... The work is devoted to the mycelium biochemical composition of Stagonospora cirsii C-211, Calophoma complanata 32.121, Didymella macrostoma 32.52. These phylogenetically distant species of phoma-like micromycetes are the potential mycoherbicides of Cirsium arvense, Heracleum sosnowskyi, and Convolvulus arvensis, respectively. The S. cirsii C-211, C. complanata 32.121, D. macrostoma 32.52 mycelium ...
Cirsium arvense; automation; crop yield; farmers; image analysis; models; remote sensing; soil temperature; spring; spring barley; unmanned aerial vehicles; weeds; Denmark; North America; Northern European region
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... Eight experiments were carried out in Denmark to determine the yield loss of spring barley due to Cirsium arvense in farmers' fields and to suggest and evaluate a novel approach for quantifying C. arvense infestation in large plots. Literature about the competitive ability of C. arvense is old, scattered and inconclusive, and existing models for estimating crop yield loss are based on data from No ...
Anaphalis margaritacea; Cercopidae; Cirsium arvense; Philaenus spumarius; Solidago; adulthood; body size; habitats; host plants; insects; life history; meadows; nymphs; New Brunswick
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... Philaenus spumarius (Meadow Spittlebug, Homoptera: Cercopoidea) is a cosmopolitan generalist insect that feeds on a wide repertoire of host plants in the field. We studied density and growth of Meadow Spittlebugs on a range of host plants on Kent Island, a boreal island in the Bay of Fundy, NB, Canada. The highest spittlebug densities were on Cirsium arvense (Canadian Thistle), although spittlebug ...
Cirsium arvense; Curculionidae; digital images; fauna; sexual dimorphism
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... This is the first report of a very rare weevil Altonomus vernalis (Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1957) 60 years after its description. It is a new record for the Turkish fauna and Cirsium arvense (L.) is a first plant association record. Comparative sexually dimorphic characters, measurements, and digital photographs are presented for the first time. ...
Cassida; Cirsium arvense; biological control; biological control agents; herbivores; larvae; pastures; population density; population growth; weeds; New Zealand
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... The folivorous beetle, Cassida rubiginosa Müller (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), was released in New Zealand in 2007 as a biocontrol agent against the pasture weed, Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. The impact of the beetle on shoot population density and spread was assessed over two years on isolated experimental plots within an established population of the weed. Four folivory treatments were imposed by a ...
Cirsium arvense; Puccinia; biological control; biomass; forage; fungi; herbivores; hormones; indigenous species; invasive species; jasmonic acid; pastures; pathogens; rangelands; salicylic acid; weeds; New Zealand; North America; Southern European region
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... Cirsium arvense, or Canada thistle, is one of the most detrimental weeds for agricultural production. Native to south-eastern Europe, the species is now found in Many parts of Asia, North America and Australasia. In North America and New Zealand the species is considered invasive, displacing native vegetation and reducing the quality of forage in rangelands and pastures. The autoecious fungus, Puc ...
... Nonnative invasive species are a threat to biodiversity worldwide. One common method for invasive species management is biological control (biocontrol). However, biocontrol can have unanticipated nontarget effects on native species. Cirsium pitcheri (Pitcher's thistle) is a federally threatened plant endemic to the Great Lakes dunes. Unfortunately, a formerly-recommended biocontrol weevil (Larinus ...
... A shortage of available livestock for utilizing grassland biomass in Central Europe is challenging for the management of both semi‐natural grasslands and previously intensified (limed, fertilized and reseeded) upland grasslands. An alternative method of grassland management is mulching, in which aboveground biomass is cut, crushed and subsequently spread on the surface. This paper reports on an ex ...
... The species has an important presence in crops (Everitt et al., 2007). It’s occurs in- micro (asexually) by forming clones with different densities (Donald, 1994), and in-macro (sexually) by fruits with conquering new lands. The sexed propagation type is dioecious, with the presence of both female plants and those male. To express existent ecotype weed in the Southern Highlands area, they have mad ...
Alnus subcordata; Cirsium arvense; DNA-directed RNA polymerase; Eclipta prostrata; Populus deltoides; Septoria; actin; calmodulin; data collection; leaf spot; new species; operon; peptide elongation factors; phylogeny; Iran
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... Species of Septoria are commonly associated with leaf spot diseases of a broad range of plant hosts worldwide. During our investigation of fungi associated with leaf spot diseases in northern and northwestern Iran, several Septoria isolates were recovered from symptomatic leaves on different herbaceous and woody plants in the Asteraceae, Betulaceae, and Salicaceae families. These isolates were stu ...
Cirsium arvense; control methods; cropping systems; herbicides; perennial weeds; roots; weed control
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... Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. is one of the most problematic perennial weeds in European countries, causing notable yield losses in both conventional and organic arable cropping systems. C. arvense control is essential because its infestation spreads rapidly and has negative impacts for several years due to its biological characteristics. Herbicidal treatments are the main control methods used in con ...
... Medicinal and edible homologous plant is receiving widespread attention due to its particularity. As an edible wild vegetable, Cirsium setosum (Willd.) MB is used to treat various bleeding diseases. This work aims to investigate the technological conditions for ultrasound assisted extraction of flavonoids in C. setosum (Willd.) MB. Using a Box–Behnken design as an experimental model, the optimum e ...
... The effect of the nitrogen source (sodium nitrate and soybean meal) on the growth, pathogenicity, and lipid composition of mycelium of Stagonospora cirsii Davis VIZR 1.41, a potential mycoherbicide against Canada thistle (Cirsium arvens (L.) Scop.), was studied. The fungus grew significantly (two times) faster on sucrose-soybean meal medium (SSM) than on modified Czapek medium (CM). The fungal myc ...
... Floral resources are known to be important in regulating wild pollinator populations and are therefore an important component of agri‐environment and restoration schemes which aim to support pollinators and their associated services. However, the phenology of floral resources is often overlooked in these schemes — a factor which may be limiting their success. Our study characterizes and quantifies ...
... The paper describes a procedure to detect green weeds in pre-harvest cereals using images from off-the-shelf UAVs with RGB cameras. All images used to develop and test the detection procedure were from fields infested with Cirsium arvense and in consequence, the procedure is called Thistle Tool. Thistle tool, however, may also detect other green weeds and may also be useful in post-harvest stubble ...
... The aim of the paper was to determine weed infestation expressed by weeds number and weed weight and other index under a three different tillage system: no-tillage (NT), reduced tillage (RT), and ploughing tillage (CT) in two legume species crops: pea and narrowed-leaved lupine. The research proved that growing legume under no-tillage conditions caused the increasing weed infestation. Weather cond ...
... Chemical composition of plant litter, properties of the soil, and climatic conditions are the major factors determining rate of organic matter decomposition. Although the process of decomposition in degraded areas plays a significant role in accumulation of soil organic carbon (SOC), this issue is poorly studied. SOC content is a crucial factor determining the success of land restoration. We measu ...
... The success of invasive plant species is driven, in part, by feedback with soil ecosystems. Yet, how variation in belowground communities across latitudinal gradients affects invader distributions remains poorly understood. To determine the effect of soil communities on the performance of the noxious weed Cirsium arvense across its invaded range, we grew seedlings for 40 days in soils collected ac ...
... Invasive plants may outcompete and replace native plant species through a variety of mechanisms. Recent evidence indicates that soil microbial pathways such as pathogen accumulation may have a considerable role in facilitating competition between native and invasive plants. To assess microbe-mediated pathways of invasion, we tested the impacts of invaded and non-invaded field soils on plant establ ...
... Guided by TNF-α secretion inhibitory activity assay, four taraxastane-type triterpenoids, including two new ones, 22-oxo-20-taraxasten-3β, 30-diol (1) and 22α-hydroxy-20-taraxasten-30β, 30-triol (2), have been obtained from an active fraction of the petroleum ether-soluble extract of the the medicinal and edible plant Cirsium setosum. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic data and CD d ...
... The Stagonospora cirsii mycelium is considered as the infectious basis of a potential mycoherbicide for the control of Canadian thistle and perennial sow thistle. Successful commercialization of mycoherbicides is often constrained by poor drying survival. In this study was shown that the highest viability of mycelium S. cirsii during drying is achieved in the stationary phase of growth. The myceli ...
... Species‐rich semi‐natural grasslands in Europe are a main target for conservation efforts, and alternative methods to the traditional management of mowing or grazing would be welcome due to the difficulties in maintaining traditional management practices. One such method proposed is burning of grassland vegetation during late winter or spring. To evaluate the effects of annual spring burning vs an ...
... Co-occurring invasive plants are an understudied yet common phenomenon, and likely to become even more frequent with climate change-driven range shifts. Invasive–invasive interactions can be competitive, neutral, or facilitative; symmetric or asymmetric; and their impact on natives can be additive or non-additive. Non-additive impacts, wherein co-occurring invasives either reduce or enhance one an ...
... Neonicotinoid uptake by maize plants emerged from coated seeds and by two common weeds grown in close proximity to coated seeds has been studied. Uptake of thiamethoxam (TMX) and clothianidin (CLO) have been characterized via guttation liquid measurements. The creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense), a well-known maize weed, as well as red poppy or Flanders poppy (Papaver rhoeas) were chosen as model s ...
... Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) is the most important leafy vegetable crop in Brazil, being affected by a number of fungal diseases. Severe powdery mildew (PM) symptoms (100% incidence) were observed in commercial lettuce cultivar ‘Caipira’ plantings in Formosa, Goiás State (2015) and ‘Milena’ in Planaltina, Federal District (2018) under hydroponic conditions in Central Brazil. Typical whitish fungal ...
... Recently, a new implement for controlling weeds in cereals (CombCut) has been developed. It cuts weeds in growing cereals without damaging them by using the physical differences (in height, stem thickness, straw stiffness and branching pattern) between crops and weeds. To evaluate and compare the effects of selective cutting with different timings of herbicide application on Cirsium arvense in spr ...
... In this study, for the first time, we discovered novel water-soluble carbon dots (CDs, named CSC-CDs) from aqueous extracts of Cirsium setosum Carbonisata (CSC), which were uniform in size and possessed a nearly spherical shape, and the CDs exhibited low toxicity against RAW 264.7 cells by CCK-8 assay. Most importantly, tail hemorrhaging and liver hemorrhaging experiments showed that CSC-CD-treate ...
... Most studies on the impacts of plant invasions focus on species richness or diversity of invaded communities, but much less attention has been paid to structural changes such as the representation of species with different traits. To bridge this knowledge gap, we assess the impact of dominant species on the trait composition of recipient communities (i.e., how species with certain height, seed mas ...
... Sensor-based weed mapping in arable fields is a key element for site-specific herbicide management strategies. In this study, we investigated the generation of application maps based on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle imagery and present a site-specific herbicide application using those maps. Field trials for site-specific herbicide applications and multi-temporal image flights were carried out in maize ( ...
... Grassland restoration success depends on the development of plant communities that accord with restoration goals. Intraspecific variation in competitiveness may affect community development. For some grassland species, germplasm can be obtained from sources ranging from wild collections to selectively bred cultivars. The extent to which population source affects competitive outcomes in restoration ...
... Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense L.) growing in spring wheat (Triticum aestivum) is difficult to control for several reasons. First, it is a perennial weed that has an extensive root system. Second, the cash‐crop wheat prevents the use of many chemicals, and third, Canada thistle is becoming resistant to many single action herbicides. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of postem ...
... This study explores the potential of a novel hyperspectral snapshot mosaic camera for weed and maize classification. The image processing, feature engineering and machine learning techniques were discussed when developing an optimal classification model for the three kinds of weeds and maize. A total set of 185 spectral features including reflectance and vegetation index features was constructed. ...
... Aphid–ant associations are often described as mutually beneficial interactions in which honeydew is traded for protection from predators and parasitoids. The aim of the present study was to determine parasitization avoidance in ant‐tended aphid colonies. Field experiments were carried out on two host plants: hoary cress Lepidium draba (Brassicaceae) and Canadian teasel Cirsium arvense (Asteraceae) ...
... In-crop weed infestation is affected by both habitat conditions and agronomic practices, including the forecrop and tillage treatments used. This study evaluated the effect of the forecrop and the tillage system on species composition, number and dry weight of weeds in a winter wheat ‘Astoria’. A field study was carried out over the period 2014–2017 at the Uhrusk Experimental Farm (SE Poland), on ...
... Organic farming has become a major agricultural and economic sector, and weed management is one of the primary challenges facing the industry. Of particular concern are rhizomatous perennial weeds such as field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis L.) and Canada thistle [Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.] which are highly competitive and not easily controlled in organic systems. We conducted meta-analyses of t ...
Cirsium arvense; aerial parts; alpha-bisabolol; antibacterial properties; chemical composition; common names; essential oils; flowers; hexane; leaf oils; leaves; mass spectrometry; methanol; weeds; Iran
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... Cirsium arvense, known as “Kharlateh” or “Kangar Sahraee” in Iran, is a plant classified as an agricultural weed. Canada thistle is the common name for C. arvense. In this study we investigated the chemical composition of the essential oils in C. arvense using GC/Mass spectroscopy. Each of the aerial parts of the plant flower, leaf and stem was investigated separately. Nineteen compounds were dete ...
... Farmers are recommended to employ mechanical control when Cirsium arvense is most sensitive to disturbance. Earlier studies suggest that this occurs at a stage of minimum below‐ground dry weight, coinciding with three to seven or seven to ten leaves per shoot, depending on the definition of below‐ground dry weight. However, some farmers notice better effects when mechanical control is performed at ...
... Canada thistle can cause greater than 50% yield loss in small grain crops, but little is known about production losses when the weed invades pasture and wildlands. Change in grass, forb, and woody species production from Canada thistle infestations was evaluated in two separate studies in North Dakota. The first measured change in production following aminopyralid applied at 120 g ha⁻¹ to control ...
... While demand continues to grow and prices for organic grains have remained almost double those of conventional grains, few growers in the dryland wheat production region of Eastern Washington produce organic grain. Growers have cited weed control constraints as a top factor preventing adoption of organic production practices. In organic systems, inherent competitive ability of crops is very import ...
... Creeping perennial weeds are of major concern in organically grown cereals. In the present study, the effects of different timing of mouldboard ploughing with or without a preceding stubble cultivation period, on weeds and spring cereals were studied. The experiments were conducted at two sites in Norway during a two and three-year period, respectively, with the treatments repeated on the same plo ...
... Enemy release often is invoked to explain the success of invasive plants: an invader benefits from reduced attack as it escapes specialized enemies through the invasion process. Enemy release typically is thought of as occurring at large geographic scales, but local-scale interactions may also be important for invader establishment and success. Furthermore, most tests of local enemy release have b ...
Agrostis capillaris; Bromus tectorum; Cirsium arvense; Lupinus polyphyllus; Solidago canadensis; Symphyotrichum novi-belgii; biogeography; indigenous species; invasive species; regression analysis; species diversity; Central European region; Czech Republic; United States
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... AIM: Using three North American species invading Europe (Aster novi‐belgii, Lupinus polyphyllus and Solidago canadensis) and three European species invading North America (Agrostis capillaris, Bromus tectorum and Cirsium arvense), we tested (1) whether the dominant species impact differs between its native and invaded ranges and (2) whether the impacts differ according to the direction of invasion ...
Amaranthus retroflexus; Cirsium arvense; Physalis angulata; Solanum nigrum; Xanthium strumarium; active ingredients; adverse effects; broadleaf weeds; corn; crop yield; field experimentation; florasulam; invasive species; lipid content; long term effects; nitrogen; Greece
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... Reduced efficacy of several herbicides on some important broadleaf weeds might be due to the extended use of the specific active ingredients. In our study, field experiments were carried out in Greece in 2014 and 2015 to study the efficacy of the herbicide Lancelot 450 WG (aminopyralid 300 g ai/kg + florasulam 150 g ai/kg) compared to other herbicides against broadleaf weeds in maize. Effects on c ...
... Our previous study showed that smoke derived from alfalfa (Medicago sativa) caused different germination responses compared with that from prairie hay (Festuca hallii) and wheat straw (Triticum aestivum), but the mechanism remained unclear. In this study, we used Salad Bowl lettuce (Lactuca sativa) as a quick bioassay to trace the active compounds in each of these three smoke solutions. Column chr ...
... Ditylenchus weischeri was recently reported in the provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada. Populations of D. weischeri from creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense L.) in Manitoba and D. dipsaci from garlic (Allium cepa L.) in Ontario were examined for their potential to grow on callused carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) disks, alfalfa (Medi- cago sativa L.) and creeping thistle callus ...
... Prairie reconstructions are a critical component of preservation of the imperiled tallgrass prairie ecosystem in the Midwestern United States. Sustainability of this endeavor depends on establishment of persistent cover of planted native species and resistance to noxious weeds. The goal of this study was to understand the influence of early reconstruction practices on long‐term outcomes. Twelve re ...
... Plectosphaerella cucumerina (Lindf.) W. Gams was evaluated as a bioherbicide for Cirsium arvense L. (Scop.) using a Canadian and a New Zealand isolate. Both isolates defoliated C. arvense when applied at 10¹³ conidia ha⁻¹ in water volumes ranging from 250 to 6400 l ha⁻¹ with a rapid decline in effect with declining conidial dose. Repeat application and the addition of the adjuvant Pulse® penetrant ...
... Sheep landraces are an invigorating element in terms of the biodiversity of the cultural landscape. The present study focused on the question of whether the Bentheimer Landschaf breed, which is a representative of a large sheep landrace, is equally as well‐suited for the maintenance of extensively farmed fen grassland as the smaller, hardy Skudde breed of sheep. For each breed, two flocks with 10 ...
Apis mellifera; Cirsium arvense; Medicago sativa; Melilotus officinalis; Melissodes; Monarda fistulosa; Sonchus arvensis; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; USDA; Zizia; agricultural land; agroecosystems; conservation programs; cost effectiveness; data collection; forage; forbs; habitats; honey bees; pollinators; private lands; sowing; Great Plains region; North Dakota
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... Concern over declining pollinators has led to multiple conservation initiatives for improving forage for bees in agroecosystems. Using data available through the Pollinator Library (npwrc.usgs.gov/pollinator/), we summarize plant–pollinator interaction data collected from 2012–2015 on lands managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and private lands enrolled in U.S. Department of Agriculture c ...
... Wilderness areas in the United States are preserved for their untrammeled naturalness and opportunities for unconfined recreation. The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has these qualities, but long-term recreation visitation pressures on campsites can cause significant ecological changes. This article explores changes on campsites, specifically examining non-native plant ecology over 3 decade ...
... A comparison of extraction processes, volatile compounds analysis and antioxidant activities of essential oils (EOs) from Cirsium japonicum Fisch. ex DC and Cirsium setosum (Willd.) M.Bieb., two morphological and aroma similar species, were investigated. In total, 143 different constituents were assigned, which were further grouped into hydrocarbons, alcohols, esters, ketones, carboxylic acids, al ...
Calystegia sepium; Cirsium arvense; Euphorbia esula; Galium boreale; Lactuca serriola; Liliopsida; Medicago lupulina; Solidago canadensis; Symphyotrichum lanceolatum subsp. lanceolatum var. lanceolatum; Thalictrum; Vicia; Viola; aminocyclopyrachlor; broadleaf weeds; forbs; invasive species; plant communities; Great Plains region; Minnesota; North Dakota
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... Aminocyclopyrachlor (AMCP) will control many invasive broadleaf weeds, but the susceptibility of desirable forbs is not widely known. Native prairie response to AMCP was evaluated near Fargo, ND, and Felton, MN, in the Northern Great Plains. Both sites had high floristic quality prior to treatment, with 33 and 80 different species at Fargo and Felton, respectively. AMCP was applied at 140 g ha⁻¹ i ...
Cirsium arvense; Hordeum vulgare; cutting; field experimentation; flowers; herbicides; pesticide application; seed weight; seeds; shoots; spring barley; weeds; Sweden
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... A field experiment was performed in Sweden to evaluate the effect of herbicide treatment and selective cutting on the seed production of Cirsium arvense . Four treatments (control (C), selective cutting (S), early (H1) and late (H2) herbicide application) were laid out in a randomized block experiment. The field was sown with spring barley and contained a natural population of the weed. Treatments ...
Cirsium arvense; acids; animal ovaries; cytotoxicity; humans; inhibitory concentration 50; mass spectrometry; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; ovarian neoplasms; triterpenoids
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... Four new taraxastane-type triterpenoids acids 3 β ,22 α -dihydroxy-20-taraxasten-30-oic acid (1), 3 β -hydroxy-22-oxo-20-taraxasten-30-oic acid (2), 3-oxo-22 α -hydroxy-20- taraxasten-30-oic acid (3), and 3β,19β-dihydroxy-20-taraxasten-30-oic acid (4) were isolated and characterized from Cirsium setosum (Willd.) MB. Their structures were determined by the combination of 1D and 2D NMR experiments ( ...
... Floral visitors vary greatly among plant species and depend on the volatiles emitted by the flowers. Creeping thistle is normally visited by bees and bumblebees while common yarrow is rather visited by flies. Manipulating the flower volatiles caused pollinator communities to become more similar among the two plant species. Image credit: Robert Junker and Anna‐Amelie Larue. In Focus: Larue, A.‐A.C. ...
... Two new phenylethanoid glycosides, namely β -D-glucopyranoside, 1″- O -(7 S)-7-(3-methoxyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-7-methoxyethyl-3″- α -L-rhamnopyranosyl-4″-[(8 E)-7-(3-methoxyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-8-propenoate] (1) and β -D-glucopyranoside, 1″- O -(7 S)-7-(3-methoxyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-7-methoxyethyl-3″- α -L-rhamnopyranosyl-4″-[(8 E)-7-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-8-propenoate] (2), together with six phenylethanoid g ...
... The currant clearwing Synanthedon tipuliformis (Clerck) (Sesiidae) is a worldwide pest of black currants, Ribes nigrum. This moth has been observed to feed on nectar of inflorescences of Canada thistles, Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. This work was undertaken to identify floral compound(s) produced by Canada thistles inflorescences that mediate the response of the currant clearwing. Floral volatiles w ...
... Remote sensing can potentially be used to monitor the extent and distribution of invasive species across landscapes and regions, thus aiding conservation efforts. We collected ground-level hyperspectral data of six exotic invasive plant species in abandoned agricultural fields at the Blandy Experimental Farm in northern Virginia to determine the degree to which species could be identified using vi ...
... Fertility building measures are important components in improving the productivity of organic cropping systems without livestock. However, some measures seem to be incompatible with the control of perennial weeds that can have adverse effects such as significant weed competition. The influence of fertility building measures (N2-fixing crops in the crop sequence, cover crops and manuring) and the a ...
Cirsium arvense; Ditylenchus; Pisum sativum; adults; air temperature; body length; carrots; heat sums; hosts; parasitism; peas; pests; prairies; rearing; reproduction
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... The ability of the recently described stem nematode of creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense L.), Ditylenchus weischeri, to develop on and parasitize yellow pea (Pisum sativum L.) is uncertain. The current study examined nematode life-stage progression and generation time on yellow pea as affected by temperature with the related pest, D. dipsaci, used as a positive control. Relationships for body leng ...
... Seeds of 11 of 19 plant species tested yielded naturally occurring phenanthrene degrading bacteria when placed on phenanthrene impression plates. Seed associated phenanthrene degrading bacteria were mostly detected on caragana, Canada thistle, creeping red fescue, western wheatgrass, and tall wheat grass. Based on 16S rRNA analysis the most common bacteria isolated from these seeds were strains be ...
... Analysis of the economics of managing Cirsium arvense in grazed pastures worldwide has been hampered by a lack of data on the within‐year seasonal dynamics of the weed and its impact on the yield of palatable herbage. To redress this, the seasonal pattern in within‐patch percentage ground cover of the weed was determined from measurements on 39 dairy and 66 sheep and/or beef cattle farms in New Ze ...
... Plants are characterized by differing capabilities to accumulate selenium. A model small-scale field experiment was set up to investigate the selenium (Se) uptake by twelve different plant species growing at an uncultivated meadow, as well as the effect of Se foliar application on the uptake of essential elements for plants calcium (Ca), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), manga ...
... The antioxidant (DPPH, superoxide anion radical scavenging and FRAP) and antiproliferative activities against Vero cells (african green monkey kidney), C6 cells (rat brain tumor cells) and HeLa cells (human uterus carcinoma) of Cirsium arvense (CA) of all parts [root (Kinghorn et al. 2004), stem (CAS), flower (CAF) and leaves] and isolated compounds were investigated in vitro. CAR was shown to hav ...
... The dried aerial parts of 12 plants of Cirsium species were extracted with the Soxhlet apparatus using dichloromethane and methanol as solvents. Next, the extracts were separated by TLC methods to obtain the fingerprint chromatograms. The analysis was performed on silica gel or RP-18 layers as stationary phases using the following eluents: ethyl acetate/formic acid/acetic acid/water (12/1.5/1.5/4; ...
... It has long been hypothesized that biotic interactions, including herbivory, are most intense at lower latitudes. However, this generalization has recently been challenged with studies showing that latitudinal gradients in damage may be rarer than previously believed. Additionally, most studies have focused on herbivory of native species, so it remains unknown whether natives and exotics follow si ...
... Four plants, Cirsium arvense (creeping thistle), Equisetum arvense (field horsetail), Oxalis acetosella (wood sorrel) and Phragmites australis (common reed), which grew in an abandoned Sb-mining area in Pernek (Malé Karpaty Mts., Slovakia), were investigated for the yeast species. Yeasts were isolated from both the leaves of the plants and the soil adjacent to the plants. In total, 65 yeast cultur ...
... The weed composition and the dominance of individual species occurring in an orchard were assessed at the Research Station of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland, during the first 10 years after orchard establishment. ‘Ligol’ apple trees were planted in the spring of 2004 (3.5 × 1.2 m). Foliar herbicides were applied in 1 m wide tree rows twice or three times per each ...
Cirsium arvense; Euphorbia esula; Linaria vulgaris; aminocyclopyrachlor; application rate; application timing; biological control; biological control agents; chemical control; dicamba; diflufenzopyr; forbs; growing season; invasive species; managers; nontarget organisms; noxious weeds; picloram; program planning; seed set; weed control; North Dakota
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... Yellow toadflax (Linaria vulgaris P. Mill.) infestations in North Dakota increased 300-fold from 1997 to 2011, when the plant was added to the state noxious weed list. Long-term control of other invasive species had included biological control agents, but no effective agents for yellow toadflax had been identified, so a control program using herbicides was needed. The objective was to shift from s ...
... The stem and bulb nematodes of the Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kühn) Filipjev species complex are obligate endoparasites of various agricultural plants, causing stunting and swelling and resulting in significant economic losses. Recently, a new closely related Ditylenchus species, D. weischeri Chizhov, Borisov and Subbotin, a parasite of the cosmopolitan herbaceous perennial weed, Cirsium arvense (L.) Sc ...
... Native plants and topsoil contaminated with metallurgical slag from a metallurgy waste site in northern China were studied and found to contain four heavy metals (i.e., As, Cd, Pb, and Zn). Heavy metal concentrations of Pb and Zn in topsoil were very high, with a maximum value of 6189.53mg/kg and 16,046.72mg/kg, respectively. Investigations of metal accumulation in the screened plants indicated th ...