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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1C1D1E">Highly disturbed forests are commonplace throughout the eastern United States and their residing composition and structure is
reflective of their past land use. Management and restoration efforts are complicated by diverse and abundant nonnative invasive plants, including
<i>Ailanthus altissima</i>. <i>Verticillium nonalfalfae</i> has been identified as a potential native mycoherbicide option for Ailanthus. To test the efficacy of Verticillium on Ailanthus we designed a study in highly disturbed forests of southern Ohio. At
each of five sites, we monitored symptomology, mortality, and rate of spread of stem-inoculated Verticillium on Ailanthus in four inoculated plots and compared it to a control plot. We also monitored native plants for Verticillium symptomology and community
responses to Ailanthus control. Our results suggest that Verticillium is an effective tool for controlling Ailanthus with no observed effect on native flora. Further, Verticillium naturally spreads through stands and mortality is slow enough that other resident
nonnative invasive plants do not rapidly increase.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1C1D1E">Study Implications: Managing problematic invasive plants is a costly and time-consuming endeavor that quickly overwhelms resources.
The identification and development of native biocontrols will help to suppress invasive plants, especially when considered in conjunction with other control options. Native biocontrols are pests or diseases that are typically nonlethal residents of the local
environment but have significant and detrimental impact on nonnative plants. The native fungus
<i>Verticillium nonalfalfae</i> along with several other Verticillium species has been identified to kill the invasive
<i>Ailanthus altissima</i>. Verticillium can be applied to a subset of Ailanthus stems, and through time, will spread naturally with minimal impact to native species.</span><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in;background:white">See full article: https://academic.oup.com/jof/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jofore/fvac013/6584878?searchresult=1</span><o:p> </o:p></p>
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