Restoration management of cattle resting place in mountain grassland

Kassahun, Teowdroes; Pavlů, Klára; Pavlů, V.; Pavlů, Lenka; Novák, Jan; Blažek, Petr

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0249445

Cited by 2 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 52 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The results from our experiment confirm findings from previous research on mesophilous meadows that cutting reduces the height and yield of the sward in the next year (Pavlů et al, 2013; Kassahun et al, 2021); nevertheless, the higher cutting frequency did not further reduce either the height or yield of the first cut in our experiment.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

What is a suitable management for Typha latifolia control in wet meadows?

Titěra

Pavlů

et al. 2023

Applied Vegetation Science

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

AimTypha latifolia causes serious problems in wet meadows by overgrowing and suppressing other native plants. To determine suitable management for T. latifolia control, we addressed the following question: What are the effects of long‐term cutting at different frequencies (once or twice per year and no management) and biomass removal on cover and other characteristics of T. latifolia, and on sward productivity and plant species composition?LocationMalá Strana nature reserve, Jizerské hory Mountains, Czechia.MethodsA long‐term experiment arranged in a randomised block design with three blocks was established in 2005. Data were collected from five treatments: unmanaged control; cutting once a year in June without biomass removal and with biomass removal; cutting twice per year in June and August without biomass removal and with biomass removal. Percentage cover of T. latifolia and other vascular plant species was visually estimated and T. latifolia characteristics (tiller density, height, dry‐matter biomass [DMB] yield and litter), sward height and DMB yield were measured during 2005–2018 at the end of June.Results and DiscussionRegular cutting once or twice per year regardless of cut biomass removal led to reductions in tiller density, height, litter and DMB yield of T. latifolia. Biomass removal had only a slight tendency to affect T. latifolia characteristics. The higher frequency of cutting significantly decreased the mean T. latifolia cover, litter and DMB yield. Cutting once or twice per year regardless of biomass removal led to successive changes in plant species composition but had no effect on the species richness and evenness.ConclusionsCutting at least once per year without biomass removal seems to be sufficient to achieve a decrease in DMB yield and litter of T. latifolia plants, and thereby maintain the wet‐meadow vegetation without loss of species richness and also preventing the overgrowth of shrubs and trees.

show abstract

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

What is a suitable management for Typha latifolia control in wet meadows?

Titěra

Pavlů

et al. 2023

Applied Vegetation Science

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…In these cases, the phytoremediation of salt‐affected soils with salt‐tolerant plants for decreasing soil salinity can be a viable alternative to ensure soil productivity. Perennial herbage species exert a common role in the natural succession of grassland ecosystems by inhibiting weed growth and contributing to water and soil conservation (Kassahun et al, 2021). Hence, some native halo(alkali)‐tolerant perennial herbage species may dominate the restoration of degraded saline–alkaline grasslands.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

AMF symbiosis drives the rhizosphere microbiome to synergistically improve herbage growth in saline–alkaline soils

Zhang,

Ding,

Diao

et al. 2024

Land Degrad Dev

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Plant–microbe interactions are essential in shaping plant performance and overall ecosystem functioning. However, the regulatory mechanisms underlying plant–microbe interactions mediated by mycorrhizal symbiosis in saline–alkaline soils are still not fully understood. Here, we aimed to clarify the synergistic regulatory mechanism through which arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) symbiosis drives the rhizosphere microbiome to improve perennial herbage growth in saline–alkaline soils and evaluate phytoremediation efficiency. This study revealed that Funneliformis mosseae inoculation (i) strongly promoted the growth of all three herbage species (with values ranging from 21.62% to 233.33%), Na+ accumulation in plants (with values ranging from 24.63% to 188.89%), and decreased soil electrical conductivity (with values ranging from 7.68% to 12.87%), potentially suggesting improved phytoremediation efficiency with AMF symbiosis; (ii) increased nutritional content and decreased C:P and N:P ratios (with values ranging from 27.20% to 92.87%) and improved K+/Na+ and P/Na+ ratios (with values ranging from 2.60% to 302.96%); (iii) increased the abundance of some beneficial bacterial taxa and strengthened the significant strong relationships among most of these bacteria and plant biomass, ion homeostasis as well as stoichiometric ratio constants, and AMF inoculation treatments also consisted the higher proportion of differential genera significantly correlated with these plant factors as well as plant nutrient contents, potentially reflecting that AMF mediated the enrichment process of beneficial bacterial taxa and may strength functional interaction between plant and bacterial taxa, which may be importance for the enhancement of saline–alkaline tolerance of plants; and (iv) enhanced stability of the rhizosphere bacterial community and complexity of interaction networks, and the related indictors also established significant correlations with plant/soil factors, suggesting that the improvement of stability and functional complexity driven by AMF may also be beneficial for enhancing phytoremediation efficiency. These findings indicate that AMF inoculation plays its own beneficial role by simultaneously activating the potential of beneficial rhizosphere bacterial taxa and that their synergistic interaction is more beneficial for enhancing plant growth in salt‐affected soils and enhancing phytoremediation efficiency. This study helps to elucidate the underlying mechanisms through which AMF‐mediated rhizosphere bacterial community improve plant growth and tolerance to saline–alkaline stresses, and provides evidence that effective ecological restoration of saline–alkaline degraded grasslands can be achieved via the use of mycorrhizal symbiosis herbage.

show abstract

Restoration management of cattle resting place in mountain grassland

Cited by 2 publications

References 52 publications

What is a suitable management for Typha latifolia control in wet meadows?

What is a suitable management for Typha latifolia control in wet meadows?

AMF symbiosis drives the rhizosphere microbiome to synergistically improve herbage growth in saline–alkaline soils

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About