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Phenotypic plasticity of four invasive species in north-eastern section of the Nile Delta coast, Egypt

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Plant Ecology, Physiology, and Taxonomy

Abstract

Phenotypic plasticity is considered one of the major means by which plants can cope with prevailing environmental stresses. The phenological pattern and vegetative traits of the exotic species are explored to explain the invasive success across the invaded new habitats. This study contributes to the assessment of the phenotypic plasticity of selected four exotic weeds are namely: Xanthium strumarium L., Bassia indica (Wight) A. J. Scott , Atriplex lindleyi Moq. and Trianthema portuiaeustrum L.

Results indicated that shoot length was greatest in X. strumarium, followed by B. indica and A. lindleyi but least in T. portuiaeustrum. Fresh wight of the foliage was comparable in X. strumarium and A. lindleyi, being higher in both than in B. indica and T. portuiaeustrum. Dry wight of the foliage was highest in X. strumarium, followed by A. Lindleyi, but it was least with comparable values of B. indica and T. portuiaeustrum. Water content of shoots was higher in T. portuiaeustrum and B. indica, slightly lower in X. strumarium and least in A. lindleyi.

T. portulacastrum showed the highest concentration of P in site2 (0.62± 0.02), K (0.06±0.001) and Mg (24.76±3.79). B. indica in site3 showed the highest concentration of N (6.07±0.30), Na (0.20±0.009), Moisture content (44.32±0.40) . The lowest concentration of elements was recorded in A. Lindleyi in site 4 of P (0.10±0.01), K(0.01±0.0003), Mg (0.37±0.01) Na (0.04±0.003), X.strumarium in site1 showed the lowest concentration of N (2.17±1.00), moisture content (17.21±5.10).

DOI

10.21608/sjdfs.2023.223602.1120

Keywords

Biological invasion, Environmental factors, exotic weeds, growth parameters, phenotypic traits

Authors

First Name

M.

Last Name

Serag

MiddleName

S.

Affiliation

Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, Egypt

Email

mamdouhserag054@gmail.com

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https://orcid.org/00

First Name

Abdel hamed

Last Name

khedr

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Damietta University

Email

khder@du.edu.eg

City

New Damietta

Orcid

https://orcid.org/00

First Name

Reham

Last Name

elbarougy

MiddleName

A

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Damietta University

Email

rehamba@du.edu.eg

City

New Damietta

Orcid

-

First Name

Hanan

Last Name

Aboelagras

MiddleName

A

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Damietta University

Email

hana@du.edu.eg

City

New Damietta

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https://orcid.org/00

Volume

13

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

42095

Issue Date

2023-12-01

Receive Date

2023-07-18

Publish Date

2023-12-01

Page Start

104

Page End

110

Print ISSN

2314-8594

Online ISSN

2314-8616

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2,045

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Publication Title

Scientific Journal for Damietta Faculty of Science

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https://sjdfs.journals.ekb.eg/

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Phenotypic plasticity of four invasive species in north-eastern section of the Nile Delta coast, Egypt

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28 Dec 2024