Soil conditioning by forbs resulted in lower aphid performance than conditioning by grasses or legumes

Claim · model-written summary

Soil conditioning by forbs resulted in lower aphid performance than conditioning by grasses or legumes

Taxon

ragworte2

Treatment

soil conditioning by forbse4

Interactor

aphide4pest

Outcome

aphid performancee4

Direction

loweste4

Comparator

grasses, forbs and legumese4

Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValueQualifier

Verbatim

e2

“We grew ragwort ( J acobaea vulgaris ) in field soil conditioned specifically by 10 plant species, belonging to three functional groups (grasses, forbs and legumes), in a multispecies mixture of the conditioned soils and in control (unconditioned) field soil”

e4

“PSF effects on soil fungal communities, plant biomass and A. jacobaeae performance also differed between grasses, forbs and legumes, with soil conditioning by forbs resulting in lowest plant biomass and aphid performance”