Fallopia sp.

Research Invasive species H. armigera outbreaks in cotton fields Landscape pollen index and hoverflies Fields hedgerows and ground beetles Dwelling beetles in North China grasslands My main skills Where I worked

Master Internship: Invasive species (Fallopia sp.)   My research work during my master internship fits into two major disciplines: ecology and microbiology. I studied the mechanisms driving the invasive success of the Asian knotweed (Fallopia sp). I investigated the effects of Fallopia sp rhizomes extracts on the activities of soil denitrifying bacteria. My results showed that Fallopia sp was able to modify soil bacteria activity for their profit and success over other plants of the community. The results were since published in Bardon et al., 2014.   References Bardon, C., Piola, F., Bellvert, F., Haichar, F. el Z., Comte, G., Meiffren, G., Pommier, T., Puijalon, S., Tsafack, N., Poly, F., 2014. Evidence for biological denitrification inhibition (BDI) by plant secondary metabolites. New Phytol. 204, 620–630. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12944