Weed control, management, ecology, and minutia
- Author: Travis M. Bean
Published on: July 23, 2016
What happens when two problematic invasive plant species hybridize? In the case of Salsola tragus and S. australis, both widespread and co-occuring, but genetically distinct species commonly referred to as Russian thistle, the result has been a new species, S. ryanii. So far S. ryanii is off to a running start, indicating that it's potentially just as...
Tags: allopolyploidy (1), hybridization (1), neospecies (1), rapid expansion (1), Russian thistle (1), Salsola australis (1), Salsola ryanii (2), Salsola tragus (1), tumbleweed (3)
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