<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">A short story from the In Defense of Plants blog, "The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend" <a href="http://www.indefenseofplants.com/blog/2017/6/12/the-enemy-of-my-enemy-is-my-friend">http://www.indefenseofplants.com/blog/2017/6/12/the-enemy-of-my-enemy-is-my-friend</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(56,56,56);font-family:proxima-nova;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(207,207,207)">Not all native plants are equally susceptible to spotted knapweeds effects. Two native forbs stand out above the rest in being able to cope with the allelochemicals released by spotted knapweed. Enter silky lupine (</span><em style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(56,56,56);font-family:proxima-nova;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(207,207,207)">Lupinus sericeus</em><span style="color:rgb(56,56,56);font-family:proxima-nova;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(207,207,207)">) and blanketflower (</span><em style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(56,56,56);font-family:proxima-nova;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(207,207,207)">Gaillardia grandiflora</em><span style="color:rgb(56,56,56);font-family:proxima-nova;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(207,207,207)">). Where these plants occur alongside spotted knapweed, other natives seem to do a bit better. This made researchers curious. What was it about these two species?</span><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(56,56,56);font-family:proxima-nova;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(207,207,207)"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">​2006 research paper sited in the story:​</div>Oxalate contributes to the resistance Gaillardia grandiflora and Lupinus sericeus to a phytotoxin produced by Centaurea maculosa<div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">​<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/7375276_Oxalate_contributes_to_the_resistance_Gaillardia_grandiflora_and_Lupinus_sericeus_to_a_phytotoxin_produced_by_Centaurea_maculosa">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/7375276_Oxalate_contributes_to_the_resistance_Gaillardia_grandiflora_and_Lupinus_sericeus_to_a_phytotoxin_produced_by_Centaurea_maculosa</a>​</div><br><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">​Anyone know of other studies on native "winners" known to neutralize</font> allelop<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">athic toxins ​of invasive weeds?</font></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#0c343d">Lindsey Riibe</font><div><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px">Bureau of Land Management</span><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px">Plant Conservation Program Assistant</span><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><font color="#0c343d">503-808-6230</font></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">Plant Conservation Alliance</a><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection" target="_blank">Seeds of Success</a></span><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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