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Biology, Ecology and Management of Invasive Alien Plants (2nd Edition)

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Dear Colleagues,

Invasive alien plants are considered to be one of the major drivers of biodiversity loss, thereby altering ecosystem services and socioeconomic conditions through different mechanisms. Many studies have explored the physiological, ecological, and molecular mechanisms that lead to the invasion successes of alien plants. These include the distribution trends of various invasive plants under different scenarios, such as global climate changes, the resistance of native plant communities to plant invasions, the ecological and economic influences of alien plant invasions, management strategies against invasive plants for different habitats, and the utilization of invasive plants. Unfortunately, the expansion of invasive alien plants remains a severe issue all over the world. Highly effective management strategies, including ecological, biological, chemical, and agricultural control methods against principal and serious invasive plants, are still inadequate. This Special Issue is designed to highlight the recent research progress on the biology, ecology, and management of invasive alien plants. Scientists are invited to submit their original research and review articles to this Special Issue.

Dr. Guoqi Chen
Prof. Dr. Jiang Wang
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Keywords

changes in the composition and distribution of alien plants
invasive mechanisms
invasiveness
invasibility
invasive population
invasive plant interactions with other organisms
impacts on environment, ecosystem services and human health
chemical control
management of invasive plants
utilization of invasive plants

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Succession of Weed Community on Wheat Lands in the Past 25 Years: A Case Study in Eastern China

by Guoqi Chen, Zeyue Huang, Jiahao Xue, Feng Zhu, Yang Chen and Yunfei Wu

Biology 2025, 14(8), 943; https://doi.org/10.3390/biology14080943 - 27 Jul 2025

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Weeds represent increasingly troublesome threats to modern wheat production. Jiangsu Province, China, is one of the largest wheat-planting areas, characterized by a high level of agricultural mechanization, in the country. In 2024, we surveyed weed communities of 924 wheat lands from 308 sites in Jiangsu and compared them with historical data surveyed in 1999–2000 in this province. A total of 156 weed species belonging to 103 genera and 39 families were recorded. Compositae and Poaceae showed the highest species richness, with 26 and 23 species, respectively. Poaceae weeds accounted for 54.3% of the overall weeds in dominance values. Beckmannia syzigachne showed the highest proportion of the overall weeds in dominance values (19.2%). Compared with the historical data, weed diversity increased by 33.3% in species, and by 62.5% in families; grassy weeds such as Beckmannia syzigachne, Alopecurus japonicus, and Alopecurus myosuroides became more dominant, while several low-growing grassy weeds became less dominant. The dominance of broadleaf weeds, such as Galium spp., Vicia spp., and Veronica spp., decreased greatly, and a clear trend of weed homogenization among different areas and types of wheat lands was observed. This is the first investigation of weed community succession against the background of agricultural modernization in China. Full article

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