Rice C, Wolf J, Fleisher DH, Acosta SM, Adkins SW, Bajwa AA, Ziska LH. Recent CO
2 levels promote increased production of the toxin parthenin in an invasive Parthenium hysterophorus biotype.
Nat Plants 2021;
7:725-729. [PMID:
34099902 DOI:
10.1038/s41477-021-00938-6]
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Abstract
Recent carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations promoted higher parthenin concentrations in an invasive Parthenium hysterophorus biotype. Mean concentrations of parthenin, an allelopathic and defensive sesquiterpene lactone, were 49% higher at recent (~400 ppm) than at mid-twentieth-century (~300 ppm) CO2 concentrations, but did not vary in a non-invasive biotype, suggesting that recent increases in atmospheric CO2 may have already altered the chemistry of this destructive weed, potentially contributing to its invasive success.
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