Aim Many invasive plant species benefit from enemy release resulting the absence of insect herbivores in their invaded range. However, over time, specialized may ‘catch up’ with such plants. Black locust is a tree relatively limited native range North America but has large areas virtually every temperate continent including America. We hypothesize that both intra- and intercontinental spread bl...

Knowledge of the flowering dates black locust trees (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) is crucial information both economic significance and scientific interest. Black in fact an excellent melliferous plant can provide on climate change impacts due to its large distribution throughout world as planted naturalized trees. This paper presents calibration validation a phenological model targeted at simulati...

This paper presents a literature review of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) and the knowledge accumulated by Romanian foresters researchers, covering species propagation, stand management, vulnerability issues. As highlighted numerous authors, manifests dual features, both as an exogenous one that is already naturalized. The main drivers for this species’ expansion in Romania its ecologic...

The effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus on the subcellular compartmentalization and chemical forms of lead (Pb) in Pb tolerance plants was assessed in a pot experiment in greenhouse conditions. We measured root colonization, plant growth, photosynthesis, subcellular compartmentalization and chemical forms of Pb in black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) seedlings inoculated with Funneliformi...

-Air pollution tolerance index (APTI) is used by landscapers to select plant species tolerant to air pollution. Four physiological and biochemical parameters including leaf relative water content (RWC), ascorbic acid (AA) content, total leaf chlorophyll (TCh), and leaf extract pH were used to develop an APTI. Twenty-three plant species growing near a Beijing steel factory, an air pollution poin...

The magnitude of inbreeding depression within populations is important for the evolution and maintenance of mixed mating systems. However, data are sparse on the magnitude of inbreeding depression in Robinia pseudoacacia. In this study, we compared differences in the mature seed set per fruit, seed mass, germination success, and seedling growth between self- and cross-pollination treatments and...

The net effects of soil biota on exotic invaders can be variable, in part, because net effects are produced by many interacting mutualists and antagonists. Here we compared mutualistic and antagonistic biota in soils collected in the native, expanded, and invasive range of the black locust tree, Robinia pseudoacacia. Robinia formed nodules in all soils with a broad phylogenetic range of N-fixin...