Accepted Article This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1002/ldr.3452 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Zubek Szymon (Orcid ID: 0000-0003-1338-9572) Karpowicz Filip (Orcid ID: 0000-0002-2844-8531) Solidago canadensis invasion in abandoned arable fields induces minor changes in soil properties and does not affect the performance of subsequent crops Szymon Zubek a* , Marta L. Majewska a , Paweł Kapusta b , Anna M. Stefanowicz b , Janusz Błaszkowski c , Katarzyna Rożek a , Małgorzata Stanek b , Filip Karpowicz a , Joanna Zalewska- Gałosz a a Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 3, 30-387 Kraków, Poland b W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, 31-512 Kraków, Poland c Department of Ecology, Protection and Shaping of Environment, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Słowackiego 17, 71-434 Szczecin, Poland * corresponding author; szymon.zubek@uj.edu.pl Running title Solidago canadensis invasion in abandoned arable fields Abstract The globally fast-growing presence of invasive species requires urgent action to assess their ecological and economic impact. While a number of recent works have shown that alien plant invasions can affect native plant communities, soil microbial communities and soil