Titel
An emerging weed: rapid spread of Solanum carolinense in Austria
Autor*in
Swen Follak
Institute for Sustainable Plant Production, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety
Daniel Chapman
Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Science, University of Stirling
Michael Schwarz
Data, Statistics and Risk Assessment, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety
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Abstract
Solanum carolinense is a perennial herb native to North America and regarded to be a major agricultural problem in crops and pastures in several parts of the world. In south-eastern Austria, S. carolinense is in a phase of range filling and ongoing spread. Floristic relevés demonstrated that the species infests different crop types, such as soybean, maize and oil pumpkin, and grassland, but also non-agricultural habitats are already invaded. Widespread invasion clusters were found in almost one fifth of the crop fields surveyed, indicating locally severe infestations. A species distribution model shows that only a relatively small part of Austria is currently climatically suitable, but most of it is used for agriculture. The study highlights the need to take effective measures to halt the further spread of the species and to avoid significant yield losses.
Stichwort
agriculturedistributionhabitatimpactinvasive alien plantsmanagement
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:2070521
Erschienen in
Titel
BioInvasions Records
Band
12
Ausgabe
3
ISSN
2242-1300
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Seitenanfang
649
Seitenende
658
Publication
Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre Oy (REABIC)
Fördergeber
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Zugänglichkeit
Rechte
Rechteangabe
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