Ecological Archives E086-162-A2

Anurag A. Agrawal, Peter M. Kotanen, Charles E. Mitchell, Alison G. Power, William Godsoe, and John Klironomos. 2005. Enemy release? An experiment with congeneric plant pairs and diverse above- and belowground enemies. Ecology 86:2979–2989.

Appendix B (Table B1). Fungal disease severity (percent of leaf surface affected) on five of the congeneric species pairs of taxonomically matched plants.

Plant species

Pathogen species

Mean ± SE severity

Silene antirrhina*

Phyllosticta sp.

0.69 ± 0.32

Silene vulgaris

unidentified leaf spot

0.013± 0.012

Lactuca canadensis*

Septoria sp.

0.42 ± 0.17

Lactuca serriola

unidentified leaf spot

0.008 ± 0.008

 

Bremia lactucae

0.14 ± 0.63

Galium boreale*

unidentified purple leaf blotch

0.32 ± 0.18

Galium verum

unidentified leaf spot

0.16 ± 0.067

Bromus kalmii*

Puccinia coronata

0.12 ± 0.041

 

Bipolaris sorokiniana

0.62 ± 0.17

Bromus inermis

Puccinia coronata

0.17 ± 0.048

 

Septoria nodorum and Ramularia sp.

1.18 ± 0.23

Elymus trachycaulus*

Puccinia coronata

0.19 ± 0.079

 

Septoria nodorum

0.99 ± 0.16

Elymus repens

Puccinia coronata

0.47 ± 0.14

 

Septoria nodorum and Ramularia sp.

0.037 ± 0.092

   Notes: Starred plant species are native. Non-listed species lacked visible signs of fungal infection.



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