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  • Communication
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,290 Views
10 Pages

New Sesquiterpenoids from Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.

  • Wenbing Ding,
  • Rui Huang,
  • Zhongshi Zhou and
  • Youzhi Li

10 March 2015

A new pseudoguaianolide 1 and two new guaiane-type sesquiterpene glucosides 2 and 3, were isolated from the aerial parts of Ambrosia artemisiifolia L together with two known sesquiterpene dilactones 4 and 5. The new compounds were determined on the b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,459 Views
13 Pages

Bioaccumulation of Cr, Zn, Pb and Cu in Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. and Erigeron canadensis L.

  • Volodymyr Laptiev,
  • Samuel Obeng Apori,
  • Michelle Giltrap,
  • Furong Tian and
  • Nataliia Ryzhenko

The city of Dnipro, a prominent industrial hub in Ukraine, is recognized for its particularly its significant industrial development. This study focused on two prevalent plant species, Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. and Erigeron canadensis L., within the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
883 Views
15 Pages

The present study is aimed at assessing the bioaccumulation and translocation of Cr, Cu, As, Cd, Hg, Pb and Zn in the soil–plant system (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) and characterising soil contamination in the anthropogenic zone of Dnipro, a ma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,844 Views
16 Pages

Niche Filling Dynamics of Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) during Global Invasion

  • Xing-Jiang Song,
  • Gang Liu,
  • Zeng-Qiang Qian and
  • Zhi-Hong Zhu

14 March 2023

Determining whether the climatic ecological niche of an invasive alien plant is similar to that of the niche occupied by its native population (ecological niche conservatism) is essential for predicting the plant invasion process. Ragweed (Ambrosia a...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,032 Views
11 Pages

Selected Phenolic Acids Inhibit the Initial Growth of Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.

  • Maja Šćepanović,
  • Laura Košćak,
  • Valentina Šoštarčić,
  • Laura Pismarović,
  • Ana Milanović-Litre and
  • Kristina Kljak

22 March 2022

This study aimed to investigate whether different doses of specific phenolic acids (chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, ferulic acid, gallic acid, protocatechuic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, syringic acid, vanillic acid, and p-coumaric acid), alone or in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,531 Views
13 Pages

Stimulation of Germination of Freshly Collected and Cold-Stored Seeds of Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.

  • Maja Šćepanović,
  • Laura Košćak,
  • Laura Pismarović and
  • Valentina Šoštarčić

20 July 2022

Herbicides are the most commonly used means of controlling the growth of Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. Their constant use has led to the development of resistant populations. They can be evaluated by studying seed germination and the corresponding grown...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
11,735 Views
19 Pages

Common Ragweed—Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.: A Review with Special Regards to the Latest Results in Biology and Ecology

  • Bence Knolmajer,
  • Ildikó Jócsák,
  • János Taller,
  • Sándor Keszthelyi and
  • Gabriella Kazinczi

28 February 2024

Weeds are responsible for a significant proportion of agricultural production losses. Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) has become the dominant weed in much of the northern hemisphere over the last century and is projected to further expand...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,052 Views
15 Pages

A Noxious Weed Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. (Ragweed) as Sustainable Feedstock for Methane Production and Metals Immobilization

  • Olesia Havryliuk,
  • Vira Hovorukha,
  • Galyna Gladka,
  • Artem Tymoshenko,
  • Semen Kyrylov,
  • Oleksandra Shabliy,
  • Iryna Bida,
  • Ruslan Mariychuk and
  • Oleksandr Tashyrev

15 April 2023

Plants of the Ambrosia genus are invasive and cause many ecological problems, including the oppression of the growth of agricultural crops and native plants, land depletion, and the production of strong allergens. The use of weeds as a sustainable fe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,879 Views
15 Pages

Extracts and Residues of Common Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) Cause Alterations in Root and Shoot Growth of Crops

  • Rea Maria Hall,
  • Helmut Wagentristl,
  • Katharina Renner-Martin,
  • Bernhard Urban,
  • Nora Durec and
  • Hans-Peter Kaul

26 April 2023

Following the novel weapon hypothesis, the invasiveness of non-native species, such as common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) can result from a loss of natural competitors due to the production of chemical compounds, which negatively affect nati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,438 Views
17 Pages

Comparison of Ambrosia L. Pollen Seasons in Lublin (Poland) and Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine) and Presentation of the Morphotypes of Trichomes on A. artemisiifolia L. Shoots in Terms of the Allergenic Properties of the Plant

  • Krystyna Piotrowska-Weryszko,
  • Elżbieta Weryszko-Chmielewska,
  • Galyna Melnychenko,
  • Agata Konarska,
  • Myroslava Mylenka,
  • Nataliia Prokopiv and
  • Małgorzata Bożek

1 September 2021

Ambrosia pollen contains strong allergens. Allergic reactions can also be caused by direct contact with the plant. The investigations of the dynamics of Ambrosia pollen seasons were conducted in Lublin (Poland) and Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine) in 2013–2...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,676 Views
35 Pages

23 July 2025

Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) has been identified as one of the most harmful invasive weed species in Europe due to its allergenic pollen and competitive growth in diverse habitats. In the first part of this review [Common Ragweed&mdash...

  • Article
  • Open Access
763 Views
19 Pages

5 September 2025

Ambrosia artemisiifolia is one of the invasive plants found in Europe. Research into this species is important not only in terms of environmental consequences but also in terms of human health, as it is an allergenic weed. Here, the genetic variabili...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,724 Views
17 Pages

Common Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) Causes Severe Yield Losses in Soybean and Impairs Bradyrhizobium japonicum Infection

  • Rea Maria Hall,
  • Bernhard Urban,
  • Helmut Wagentristl,
  • Gerhard Karrer,
  • Anna Winter,
  • Robert Czerny and
  • Hans-Peter Kaul

14 August 2021

Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. (Asteraceae), known as common ragweed, is an annual herbaceous species native to North America that has become one of the most economically important weeds in arable fields throughout Central Europe. Its large ecological am...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,014 Views
13 Pages

Targeted Screening and Quantification of Characteristic Sesquiterpene Lactones in Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. at Different Growth Stages

  • Balázs Kovács,
  • Péter Püski,
  • Ákos Bajtel,
  • Elek Ferencz,
  • Boglárka Csupor-Löffler,
  • Dezső Csupor and
  • Tivadar Kiss

25 July 2024

Sesquiterpene lactones are specialized plant metabolites with promising pharmacological activities. These metabolites are characteristic marker compounds for the aerial parts of Ambrosia artemisiifolia. Numerus sesquiterpene lactones have been isolat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,325 Views
12 Pages

Assessment of Common Ragweed (Ambrosia Artemisiifolia L.) Seed Predation in Crop Fields and Their Adjacent Semi-Natural Habitats in Hungary

  • Zita Dorner,
  • Mohammed Gaafer Abdelgfar Osman,
  • Ágnes Kukorellyné Szénási and
  • Mihály Zalai

1 October 2024

Ambrosia artemisiifolia has turned into a noxious weed species in agricultural fields and landscapes in Europe. Durable control options are still needed to limit the abundance of this species. Weed seed consumption by naturally occurring seed predato...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,212 Views
11 Pages

Sesquiterpenoids from the Inflorescence of Ambrosia artemisiifolia

  • Zhi Zeng,
  • Hong Huang,
  • Hualiang He,
  • Lin Qiu,
  • Qiao Gao,
  • Youzhi Li and
  • Wenbing Ding

12 September 2022

The successful invasion of Ambrosia artemisiifolia is largely due to allelopathy. As an invasive alien plant, A. artemisiifolia has spread rapidly in Asia and Europe. Studies have shown that sesquiterpenoids play an important role in plant allelopath...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,676 Views
23 Pages

Assessment of Invasive and Weed Species by Hyperspectral Imagery in Agrocenoses Ecosystem

  • Pavel A. Dmitriev,
  • Boris L. Kozlovsky,
  • Denis P. Kupriushkin,
  • Anastasia A. Dmitrieva,
  • Vishnu D. Rajput,
  • Vasily A. Chokheli,
  • Ekaterina P. Tarik,
  • Olga A. Kapralova,
  • Valeriy K. Tokhtar and
  • Tatiana V. Varduni

19 May 2022

The present study aimed to investigate the possibility of using hyperspectral imaging data to identify the invasive and weed species in agrocenoses ecosystem. The most common weeds in grain agrocenoses, i.e., Ambrosia artemisiifolia L., Euphorbia seg...

  • Article
  • Open Access
339 Views
12 Pages

19 December 2025

Common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia L., a noxious invasive plant, produces novel secondary metabolites. However, it attracts soybean aphid, Aphis glycines, a significant pest of soybean, to feed on it. Elucidating the molecular mechanisms of A. g...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,568 Views
12 Pages

Characterization and Functional Analysis of OcomOBP7 in Ophraella communa Lesage

  • Yang Yue,
  • Chao Ma,
  • Yan Zhang,
  • Hong-Song Chen,
  • Jian-Ying Guo,
  • Ting-Hui Liu and
  • Zhong-Shi Zhou

14 February 2023

The olfactory system plays a key role in various insect behaviors, and odorant-binding proteins participate in the first step of the olfactory process. Ophraella communa Lesage is an oligophagous phytophagous insect that is a specific biological cont...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,547 Views
15 Pages

Inhibitory Effects of Brassicaceae Cover Crop on Ambrosia artemisiifolia Germination and Early Growth

  • Maja Šćepanović,
  • Marija Sarić-Krsmanović,
  • Valentina Šoštarčić,
  • Ema Brijačak,
  • Josip Lakić,
  • Bojana Špirović Trifunović,
  • Jelena Gajić Umiljendić and
  • Ljiljana Radivojević

17 April 2021

Several cover crops (CCs) exert allelopathic effects that suppress weed growth. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of aqueous extracts containing different concentrations [0, 0.5, 1, 2.5, 5, 7.5 and 10% (w/v)] of Brassicaceae CC...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,642 Views
6 Pages

Essential Oil Composition of Ambrosia artemisiifolia and Its Antibacterial Activity against Phytopathogens

  • Pedja Janaćković,
  • Nemanja Rajčević,
  • Milan Gavrilović,
  • Jelica Novaković,
  • Maja Radulović,
  • Milica Miletić,
  • Tamara Janakiev,
  • Ivica Dimkić and
  • Petar D. Marin

The composition of essential oil from aerial parts of Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. from Bor (Serbia) was analyzed. The essential oil was obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by gas chromatography (GC-FID, GC-MS). In total, 45 compounds were detec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
563 Views
18 Pages

Isolation and Identification of Endophytic Chaetomium sp. Strain V3 from Ambrosia and Its Effects on Tomato Plant Growth

  • Yuping Jiang,
  • Nazish Mehnaz,
  • Bing Song,
  • Mengyu Sun,
  • Leibei Yang,
  • Xuemei Li,
  • Yueying Li,
  • Lanlan Wang,
  • Ze Wang and
  • Lianju Ma

7 December 2025

Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.), an invasive species, is well-known for its rapid growth, strong reproductive potential, and high stress tolerance. The evolutionary distinctiveness and strong ecological adaptability of Ambrosia have enabled the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,067 Views
15 Pages

LC–DAD–MS Phenolic Characterisation of Six Invasive Plant Species in Croatia and Determination of Their Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Activity

  • Danijela Poljuha,
  • Barbara Sladonja,
  • Ivana Šola,
  • Mateja Šenica,
  • Mirela Uzelac,
  • Robert Veberič,
  • Metka Hudina,
  • Ibukun Michael Famuyide,
  • Jacobus N. Eloff and
  • Maja Mikulic-Petkovsek

23 February 2022

Invasive plants’ phytochemicals are important for their invasiveness, enabling them to spread in new environments. However, these chemicals could offer many pharmaceutical compounds or active ingredients for herbal preparations. This study prov...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,596 Views
18 Pages

Eco-Friendly Green Approach to the Biosorption of Hazardous Dyes from Aqueous Solution on Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) Biomass

  • Natalija Nedić,
  • Tamara Tadić,
  • Bojana Marković,
  • Aleksandra Nastasović,
  • Aleksandar Popović and
  • Sandra Bulatović

28 October 2024

The presented research includes the preparation, characterization, and implementation of magnetic biosorbent (Fe3O4/RWB), obtained from ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) biomass. Fe3O4/RWB was examined for the removal of a hazardous dye, malachite gr...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,454 Views
13 Pages

15 March 2023

The accurate recognition of weeds on crops supports the spot application of herbicides, the high economic effect and reduction of pesticide pressure on agrocenoses. We consider the approach based on the quantitative spectral characteristics of plant...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,841 Views
15 Pages

Analysis of the Effects of Organic and Synthetic Mulching Films on the Weed, Root Yield, Essential Oil Yield, and Chemical Composition of Angelica archangelica L.

  • Jovan Lazarević,
  • Sava Vrbničanin,
  • Ana Dragumilo,
  • Tatjana Marković,
  • Rada Đurović Pejčev,
  • Svetlana Roljević Nikolić and
  • Dragana Božić

Angelica archangelica L. (Garden angelica) is a medicinal and aromatic plant from the Apiaceae family, originating from North Europe (Iceland, Greenland, and Scandinavian countries). A. archangelica is commonly used in traditional medicine to treat a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,734 Views
10 Pages

Alternative Integrated Weed Management Options for Clopyralid-Resistant Common Ragweed

  • Greta Gallina,
  • Bert Cregg,
  • Eric Patterson,
  • Erin Hill and
  • Debalina Saha

Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) is an extremely competitive broadleaved summer annual weed found in Christmas tree production systems within Michigan. Common ragweed has been reported to have resistance to glyphosate, PSII inhibitors, PPO...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,954 Views
20 Pages

High Phenotypic Plasticity in a Prominent Plant Invader along Altitudinal and Temperature Gradients

  • Rodolfo Gentili,
  • Roberto Ambrosini,
  • Benno A. Augustinus,
  • Sarah Caronni,
  • Elisa Cardarelli,
  • Chiara Montagnani,
  • Heinz Müller-Schärer,
  • Urs Schaffner and
  • Sandra Citterio

9 October 2021

Studies on plant growth and trait variation along environmental gradients can provide important information for identifying drivers of plant invasions and for deriving management strategies. We used seeds of the annual plant invader Ambrosia artemisi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,736 Views
15 Pages

Weed Community in Soybean Responses to Agricultural Management Systems

  • Edita Stefanic,
  • Sanda Rasic,
  • Pavo Lucic,
  • Snjezana Tolic,
  • Dinko Zima,
  • Slavica Antunovic,
  • Božica Japundžić-Palenkić and
  • Ivan Stefanic

14 November 2022

Weed infestation is a major cause of the poor yield of soybeans (Glycine max (L.) Merr.); therefore, proper weed management represents one of the most important and expensive steps in soybean production. Field experiments were established in northeas...