With plants there's allelopathy (and related concepts). Where pure stands of a species or an assemblage ("superbloom" areas) isn't happenstance but the result of thousands of years of habitat modification via secondary chemicals, physical modification, competition. Disturb it & it doesn't come back.
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
With plants there's allelopathy (and related concepts). Where pure stands of a species or an assemblage ("superbloom" areas) isn't happenstance but the result of thousands of years of habitat modification via secondary chemicals, physical modification, competition. Disturb it & it doesn't come back.
Corals, seagrass and kelp come to mind. Those can absolutely dominate an environment on scales of many km. And considering that most eras have one dominant group of reef builders, that might count.
In terrestrial ecosystems allelopathy (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allelop...) comes to mind, but that's >
In terrestrial ecosystems allelopathy (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allelop...) comes to mind, but that's >
Allelopathy - Wikipedia
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November 21, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Corals, seagrass and kelp come to mind. Those can absolutely dominate an environment on scales of many km. And considering that most eras have one dominant group of reef builders, that might count.
In terrestrial ecosystems allelopathy (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allelop...) comes to mind, but that's >
In terrestrial ecosystems allelopathy (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allelop...) comes to mind, but that's >
Allelopathy in human form.
October 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Allelopathy in human form.
These are such wonderful trees—delicious fruit, prized wood, and they practice allelopathy, allowing for Black Walnut groves.
October 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
These are such wonderful trees—delicious fruit, prized wood, and they practice allelopathy, allowing for Black Walnut groves.
This work challenges the widespread acceptance of the NWH and calls for a more rigorous, eco-evolutionary approach to understanding the role of allelopathy in plant invasions and community dynamics.
October 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This work challenges the widespread acceptance of the NWH and calls for a more rigorous, eco-evolutionary approach to understanding the role of allelopathy in plant invasions and community dynamics.
Utilizing allelopathy from the invasive plant Solidago canadensis to control Microcystis aeruginosa blooms: An integrated metabolomic and bioassay approach www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Utilizing allelopathy from the invasive plant Solidago canadensis to control Microcystis aeruginosa blooms: An integrated metabolomic and bioassay approach
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) caused by Microcystis aeruginosa threaten aquatic ecosystems and public health, necessitating eco-friendly control strateg…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Utilizing allelopathy from the invasive plant Solidago canadensis to control Microcystis aeruginosa blooms: An integrated metabolomic and bioassay approach www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New research shows that, unfortunately, Palmer amaranth is not sensitive to rye allelopathy. Competition remains the mode of action for this useful #covercrop for managing this bad weed. Read it in Weed Science -
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
October 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
New research shows that, unfortunately, Palmer amaranth is not sensitive to rye allelopathy. Competition remains the mode of action for this useful #covercrop for managing this bad weed. Read it in Weed Science -
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Something I find frustrating about this country or maybe just humanity is that the people who get paid the most and supposedly are the ones in charge of making the riskiest decisions are the ones who face the fewest consequences for making them, whereas everyone else suffers.
Human allelopathy.
Human allelopathy.
“I voted for none of this."
Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
October 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Something I find frustrating about this country or maybe just humanity is that the people who get paid the most and supposedly are the ones in charge of making the riskiest decisions are the ones who face the fewest consequences for making them, whereas everyone else suffers.
Human allelopathy.
Human allelopathy.
allelopathy! they make a compound called Juglone that kills most plants that try to grow under it.
October 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
allelopathy! they make a compound called Juglone that kills most plants that try to grow under it.
It would be interesting to learn more- I expect in native environs, most plants tend to have a crowd of friends they like to hang out with, and adapt to the allelopathy. One just needs to figure out which plants play nicely together in a native garden. No plans to recreate the Balkans though!
October 3, 2025 at 2:53 AM
It would be interesting to learn more- I expect in native environs, most plants tend to have a crowd of friends they like to hang out with, and adapt to the allelopathy. One just needs to figure out which plants play nicely together in a native garden. No plans to recreate the Balkans though!
I guess it ends up meaning that you will leave behind the species that are most effective at growing rapidly/capturing nutrients/allelopathy, which is to say, you won't end up in 20 or 50 years with the species that will be strongest then, just the ones that were strongest in the first few years
September 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I guess it ends up meaning that you will leave behind the species that are most effective at growing rapidly/capturing nutrients/allelopathy, which is to say, you won't end up in 20 or 50 years with the species that will be strongest then, just the ones that were strongest in the first few years
#Viewpoint: A critical reassessment of the novel weapons hypothesis and allelopathy as an adaptive strategy that facilitates #PlantInvasion
Robert Colautti & Pedro Madeira Antunes
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📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
Robert Colautti & Pedro Madeira Antunes
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📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
September 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
#Viewpoint: A critical reassessment of the novel weapons hypothesis and allelopathy as an adaptive strategy that facilitates #PlantInvasion
Robert Colautti & Pedro Madeira Antunes
👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
Robert Colautti & Pedro Madeira Antunes
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📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
Now published in @newphyt.bsky.social, @1pantunes.bsky.social and I review evidence for the "Novel Weapons Hypothesis" and the role of allelopathy during invasion. Bottom line: there is very good reason to be skeptical.
dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph....
dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph....
September 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Now published in @newphyt.bsky.social, @1pantunes.bsky.social and I review evidence for the "Novel Weapons Hypothesis" and the role of allelopathy during invasion. Bottom line: there is very good reason to be skeptical.
dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph....
dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Oldest living being, genetically:
Cunning Patience Before the Glacier, an uplifted Great Basin Bristlecone Pine, Glaci is technically a cutting-clone fork of their primary body, who was killed in the Allelopathy Wars.
Cunning Patience Before the Glacier, an uplifted Great Basin Bristlecone Pine, Glaci is technically a cutting-clone fork of their primary body, who was killed in the Allelopathy Wars.
September 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Oldest living being, genetically:
Cunning Patience Before the Glacier, an uplifted Great Basin Bristlecone Pine, Glaci is technically a cutting-clone fork of their primary body, who was killed in the Allelopathy Wars.
Cunning Patience Before the Glacier, an uplifted Great Basin Bristlecone Pine, Glaci is technically a cutting-clone fork of their primary body, who was killed in the Allelopathy Wars.
"allelopathy" oh I don't like the implications of that word
September 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"allelopathy" oh I don't like the implications of that word
“Surely the planet of sentient planets must be a peaceful place”
Yea after a couple of global wars and the signing of the “Anti-Allelopathy Accords”.
Yea after a couple of global wars and the signing of the “Anti-Allelopathy Accords”.
Wanna do our own hard-ish scifi setting… Something something Warded Space.
Post-Singularity Synthetic Intelligence called The Warden originally designed as a planetary defense system kicks humanity off Earth and tells them they have 100 years to ‘git from the Solar System.
Post-Singularity Synthetic Intelligence called The Warden originally designed as a planetary defense system kicks humanity off Earth and tells them they have 100 years to ‘git from the Solar System.
September 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“Surely the planet of sentient planets must be a peaceful place”
Yea after a couple of global wars and the signing of the “Anti-Allelopathy Accords”.
Yea after a couple of global wars and the signing of the “Anti-Allelopathy Accords”.
Yanwen Bo et al. investigated the #LittleEffects of #SolidagoCanadensis, a common #InvasivePlants in China, on #SoilMicrobialCommunities under natural conditions.
#Allelopathy | #RootExudates | #High-throughputSequencing
@mapjournals.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...
#Allelopathy | #RootExudates | #High-throughputSequencing
@mapjournals.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...
September 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Yanwen Bo et al. investigated the #LittleEffects of #SolidagoCanadensis, a common #InvasivePlants in China, on #SoilMicrobialCommunities under natural conditions.
#Allelopathy | #RootExudates | #High-throughputSequencing
@mapjournals.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...
#Allelopathy | #RootExudates | #High-throughputSequencing
@mapjournals.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...
Sign of where my scientific interests lie: I'd honestly read it as allelopathy, which is a thing where (primarily) plants release a compound into their environment that is toxic to their competitors, thereby securing more resources for themselves.
Sometimes our brains try to autocorrect for us.
Sometimes our brains try to autocorrect for us.
pathology is literally what is wrong with people lol
“Allopathy” is a term that was coined by the inventor of homeopathy, Samuel Hahnemann.
It’s often used pejoratively to sow distrust in mainstream medicine.
It’s also your cue that you’re likely about to hear some pseudoscience apologetics.
It’s often used pejoratively to sow distrust in mainstream medicine.
It’s also your cue that you’re likely about to hear some pseudoscience apologetics.
September 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Sign of where my scientific interests lie: I'd honestly read it as allelopathy, which is a thing where (primarily) plants release a compound into their environment that is toxic to their competitors, thereby securing more resources for themselves.
Sometimes our brains try to autocorrect for us.
Sometimes our brains try to autocorrect for us.
アレロパシーに関連する植物
- 「アレ」という語は、「アレロパシー（Allelopathy）」という植物が他の植物や生物に影響を与える化学物質（アレロケミカル）を放出する現象にも関連します。例えば、桜の落葉が分解してクマリンを生成し、他の植物の成長を抑制する例があります。ただし、これは特定の植物名ではなく、現象を指します。
植物に関係してるのでヨシ！（雑な認定）
- 「アレ」という語は、「アレロパシー（Allelopathy）」という植物が他の植物や生物に影響を与える化学物質（アレロケミカル）を放出する現象にも関連します。例えば、桜の落葉が分解してクマリンを生成し、他の植物の成長を抑制する例があります。ただし、これは特定の植物名ではなく、現象を指します。
植物に関係してるのでヨシ！（雑な認定）
August 29, 2025 at 6:46 AM
アレロパシーに関連する植物
- 「アレ」という語は、「アレロパシー（Allelopathy）」という植物が他の植物や生物に影響を与える化学物質（アレロケミカル）を放出する現象にも関連します。例えば、桜の落葉が分解してクマリンを生成し、他の植物の成長を抑制する例があります。ただし、これは特定の植物名ではなく、現象を指します。
植物に関係してるのでヨシ！（雑な認定）
- 「アレ」という語は、「アレロパシー（Allelopathy）」という植物が他の植物や生物に影響を与える化学物質（アレロケミカル）を放出する現象にも関連します。例えば、桜の落葉が分解してクマリンを生成し、他の植物の成長を抑制する例があります。ただし、これは特定の植物名ではなく、現象を指します。
植物に関係してるのでヨシ！（雑な認定）
🚨 In our new #preprint we investigated the #extracellularvesicles of the #cyanobacterium Raphidiopsis raciborskii, first reported #saxitoxins released into its EVs and whether they contribute to R. raciborskii #allelopathy on phytoplankton.
More in: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
More in: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 28, 2025 at 3:48 AM
🚨 In our new #preprint we investigated the #extracellularvesicles of the #cyanobacterium Raphidiopsis raciborskii, first reported #saxitoxins released into its EVs and whether they contribute to R. raciborskii #allelopathy on phytoplankton.
More in: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
More in: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
That would make sense, those two are native with some overlap as Helianthus annus, so they would have adapted to the allelopathy. Similar to how many of our native plants aren't bothered by juglone. Allelopathy would be more of an issue to exotic plants or mismatched habitats.
August 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM
That would make sense, those two are native with some overlap as Helianthus annus, so they would have adapted to the allelopathy. Similar to how many of our native plants aren't bothered by juglone. Allelopathy would be more of an issue to exotic plants or mismatched habitats.
We introduce 11 "Allelopathy Postulates" (like Koch’s postulates in disease ecology) to rigorously test allelopathy as a causal, adaptive strategy. Most published studies don’t pass even half of them.
July 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
We introduce 11 "Allelopathy Postulates" (like Koch’s postulates in disease ecology) to rigorously test allelopathy as a causal, adaptive strategy. Most published studies don’t pass even half of them.