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2025
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Lucía D. Moreyra Cristina Roquet Alfonso Susanna Siri Birkeland Carme Blanco‐Gavaldà Christian Brochmann Desalegn Chala Mercè Galbany‐Casals Abel Gizaw Seid Juan Antonio CallejaSammendrag
ABSTRACT Aim We investigated the biogeographic history and diversification dynamics of Afrocarduus , an Afromontane–Afroalpine genus endemic to eastern Africa. We aimed to assess the roles of geographic isolation, habitat transitions, and ecological speciation in shaping current diversity. Location The Afromontane and Afroalpine regions of East Africa and Ethiopia are situated along the Great Rift Valley system. Taxon Afrocarduus (Compositae: Carduinae), a genus comprising 18 endemic species. Methods We conducted a comprehensive taxonomic and geographic sampling of Afrocarduus , generating data from 489 nuclear loci. Phylogenomic and biogeographic ancestral estimation analyses were performed to infer the evolutionary history and historical biogeography of the genus. Results Afrocarduus originated in the Afromontane zone of eastern Africa during the Late Miocene (~10.7 Ma), with major diversification events occurring in the Early Pleistocene (~2.3 Ma). Most dispersal events occurred between neighbouring massifs, though occasional long‐distance dispersal between disjunct mountain systems was detected. The Turkana Depression and the Great Rift Valley have acted as major biogeographic barriers. Phylogenetic structure shows distinct clades occupying different regions. Ecological divergence between Afromontane and Afroalpine environments contributed to speciation, with at least six independent adaptations to Afroalpine conditions and multiple cases of ecological reversal. Stem loss, a trait associated with alpine habitats, evolved convergently in two clades. Closely related species often segregate by elevation or microhabitat within the same massif. Main Conclusions The diversification of Afrocarduus has been shaped by a combination of historical climate change, geographic isolation, and ecological adaptation. Our results emphasise the importance of ecological speciation and habitat transitions in Afrotemperate plant evolution and highlight the need for further research on understudied Afromontane taxa, especially under the threat of ongoing climate change.
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Lucía D. Moreyra Juan Antonio Calleja Cristina Roquet Siri Birkeland Carme Blanco‐Gavaldà Mercè Galbany‐Casals Abel Gizaw Seid Frederik Leliaert Christian Brochmann Alfonso SusannaSammendrag
Abstract Accurate species delimitation is crucial for biodiversity research, as it significantly impacts taxonomy, ecology, and conservation. Recent advances in molecular phylogenetics and integrative taxonomy have improved classifications and resolved long‐standing taxonomic uncertainties. Here, we use Hyb‐Seq (489 nuclear loci) and phylogenomic approaches to investigate Afrocarduus , a genus endemic to tropical Afromontane and Afroalpine regions. Our analyses reveal 16 evolutionary lineages within this relatively young genus (crown age 2.3 Mya), with new morphological data strongly supporting the recognition of each lineage as a distinct species. We demonstrate that the stemless habit evolved independently in species from the Ethiopian Highlands and the East African Rift System (EARS). Notably, we show that the concept of the stemless Afrocarduus schimperi adopted by the Flora of Tropical East Africa, in fact, comprises seven clearly recognizable species, which we formally reinstate. Unexpectedly, the stemmed Afrocarduus nyassanus was recovered as paraphyletic with Afrocarduus ruwenzoriensis nested within it, probably due to incomplete lineage sorting or hybridization. Additionally, the stemmed Afrocarduus keniensis may represent a complex of cryptic species, and we describe a new stemmed species from southern Ethiopia, Afrocarduus kazmi sp. nov. We expand the number of accepted species in Afrocarduus from eight, as recognized in the Flora of Tropical East Africa, to 18 (including two species for which we were not able to obtain molecular data). Our study thus highlights a substantial prior underestimation of the diversity of Afrocarduus in Afromontane and Afroalpine habitats.
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M. Pecurul-Botines A. Giurca H. Pülzl K. Niedzialkowski M. Brockhaus L. Bouriaud V. Brukas S. Hajtmarova M.A. Hoogstra-Klein A. Konczal L. Marcinekova Knut Øistad Š. Pezdevšek Malovrh N. Pietarinen L. Secco J.-L. Roux B. Wolfslehner G. WinkelSammendrag
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F Durand-Maniclas H Heinemann F Seidel F Ciulla Teresa Gómez de la Bárcena M Camenzind S Corrado Z Csűrös Zs Czakó D Eylenbosch Andrea Ficke C Flamm J M Herrera V Horáková A Hund F Lüddeke F Platz B Poós Daniel Rasse M da Silva-Lopes M Toleikienė A Veršulienė M Visse-Mansiaux K Yu A Don J HirteSammendrag
Abstract Background and aims Understanding the relationship of root traits and crop performance under varying environmental conditions facilitates the exploitation of root characteristics in breeding and variety testing to maintain crop yields under climate change. Therefore, we (1) evaluated differences in root length and surface area between ten winter wheat varieties grown at 11 sites in Europe covering a large pedoclimatic gradient, (2) quantified differences in root response to soil, climate and management conditions between varieties, and (3) evaluated variety-specific relationships of grain yield and root length and surface area under diverse environmental conditions. Methods At each site, we sampled the roots to 1 m soil depth after harvest and determined various root traits by scanning and image analysis. The impacts of soil, climate and management on roots and yield of the ten varieties were analysed by means of multivariate mixed models. Key results Root length averaged 1.4 m root piece−1, 5007 m root m−2 soil, and 5300 m root m−2 soil and root surface area 0.039 m2 root piece−1, 40 m2 root m−2 soil, and 43 m2 root m−2 soil in 0.00–0.15 m, 0.15–0.50 m, 0.50–1.00 m soil depth, respectively. The variation in both traits was 10 times higher between sites than varieties, the latter ranging by a factor of 2 within sites. Irrespective of variety, temperature was a major driver of subsoil root traits, suggesting that warmer climates promoted root growth in deeper soil layers. Other soil and climate variables affected root length and/or root surface area of individual varieties, highlighting different degrees of root plasticity. The varieties displayed distinctly different relationships between yield and root traits under varying pedoclimatic conditions, highlighting genetic differences in yield response to environmentally driven root plasticity. Conclusions These findings suggest that breeding efforts should target flexible root–yield relationships in the subsoil to maintain crop performance under climate change.
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Ignacio Sevillano Aksel Granhus Clara Antón Fernandéz Heleen de Wit Fride Høistad Schei Rannveig Margrete Jacobsen Ulrika Jansson Asplund Heikki Korpunen Christian Wilhelm Mohr Jenni Nordén Jørund Rolstad Svein Solberg Ken Olaf Storaunet Marta VergarecheaSammendrag
There is an increasing interest in continuous cover forestry (CCF) as an alternative to clearcutting to promote multi-objective forests and preserve continuous maintenance of forest cover. Here, we assessed the effect that an increased use of CCF harvesting methods (shelterwood and selection cutting) in Norwegian forests can have on carbon sequestration. Thus, we simulated CO2 uptake in Norwegian forest stands throughout the 21st century under three scenarios that represent different levels of clearcutting and CCF harvesting methods, keeping the annual harvest volumes constant across all scenarios. The three scenarios are: 1) Business-as-usual (reference scenario where 3.5% of the harvested volume is obtained using CCF harvesting methods); 2) Harvested volume using CCF harvesting methods is increased to 15%; 3) Harvested volume using CCF harvesting methods is increased to 25%. Increasing the proportion of CCF would increase CO2 removals in the long-term (2100), resulting in an additional uptake of nearly 32 and 24 Tg CO2 when increasing CCF up to 25% and 15%, respectively. However, the simulations also showed that to be able to harvest the same timber volume as in the reference scenario that reflects current practice, an increased proportion of CCF would also require logging on a larger proportion of the forest area. CCF could have also positive implications for certain aspects of biodiversity, such as species that require shaded conditions, but harvesting across a larger total area could negatively impact other animals, plants and fungi.
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Etter oppdrag fra Miljødirektoratet gjennomfører NIBIO nasjonal overvåking av jordbrukspåvirket grunnvann. Overvåkingen omfatter prøvetaking i 7 grunnvannsområder: Haslemoen i Våler, Rimstadmoen i Larvik, Horpestad i Klepp på Jæren, Nedre Eri i Lærdal, Skogmo i Overhalla, Grødalen i Sunndal samt Lofthus i Ullensvang. Gjennom finansiering fra «Handlingsplan for bærekraftig bruk av plantevernmidler 2022-2025» har det blitt utført supplerende prøvetaking i overvåkingsfeltene. Alle lokalitetene ligger innenfor nasjonale grunnvannsforekomster. Rapporten gir oversikt over resultatene for perioden 2022-2024.
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Manuela Panzacchi Bram Van Moorter Bernardo Brandão Niebuhr Neri Horntvedt Thorsen Christer Moe Rolandsen Erling Johan Solberg Erling Meisingset Barbara Zimmermann Olav Strand Vegard GundersenSammendrag
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Bjørn ØklandSammendrag
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Micheloni, Cristina Oudshoorn, Frank Willem Blanco Penedo, Maria Isabel Autio, Sari Beste, Andrea Goracci, Jacopo Matthias Koesling Kretzschmar, Ursula Malusá, Eligio Raigon Jiminez, Maria Dolores Speiser, Bernhard van der Blom, Jan Wäckers, Felix Becquet, Stéphane Döring, Johanna Guerra Gorostegi, Nagore Trinchera, AlessandraSammendrag
The Expert Group for Technical Advice on Organic Production (EGTOP) was requested to advise on the use of several substances with plant protection or fertilising effects in organic production. The Group discussed whether the use of these substances is in line with the objectives and principles of organic production, and whether they should be included in Regulation (EU) 2021/1165. Recommendations with respect to Annex I to Regulation (EU) (EU) 2021/1165: • The Group identified a number of arguments against of authorising potassium phosphonate, as well as a number of arguments in favour of its authorization. However, it could not reach a consensus regarding the relative weight given to each of those arguments. The Group (10 experts) concluded that the use of potassium phosphonate is not in line with the objectives and principles of organic production and therefore recommends not to include potassium phosphonate in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/1165. However, one expert concluded that the use of potassium phosphonate in viticulture is in line with the objectives and principles of organic production and should therefore be authorised by including it in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/1165, with the restriction ‘use only in viticulture’. One expert abstained. Recommendations with respect to Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2021/1165: • The Group agrees with the use of diatomaceous earth and of pumice as an additive in substrate and compost, and for fertiliser production. To avoid regulation gaps, however, the Group proposes a generic approach which would result in the authorisation of diatomaceous earth and pumice along with other natural mineral deposits. The Group recommends amending the current entry 'stone meal...' as follows: 'Natural mineral deposits such as rock, stone, sand, clays, and clay minerals' with the following specifications: 'mechanical processing and thermal dehydration authorised, e.g. stone meal, sand, perlite, and vermiculite. Perlite, sand, and vermiculite, including when heat treated, may also be used for sprouted seeds production as an inert medium as referred to in Part I, point 1.3(a), of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848’.