Rui Zhang1, Le Ren1, Zhihang Liu1, Xinyue Gu1, Shanshan Du1, Xiao Chen1, Bingran Xi1, Bingnan Zhao1,2, Chao Si1,*
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.94, No.3, pp. 709-721, 2025, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2025.062281
- 31 March 2025
Abstract Plant invasion poses a serious environmental challenge to freshwater ecosystems. Heavy metal pollution and nutrient enrichment, particularly nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), are two additional critical environmental issues known to influence the growth of invasive plants. Notably, the N/P ratio in the environments is often inconstant; however, whether these variations can cause differential responses in invasive plants remains underexplored, despite its crucial importance for understanding plant invasiveness. In this study, we examined the effects of different N/P ratios (4:1, 16:1, 32:1, 64:1) on the growth of a widespread invasive plant Alternanthera philoxeroides in cadmium (Cd) polluted… More >