Indigenous sward restoration by oversowing Microlaena stipoides into kikuyu (Pennisetum clandestinum) pasture

Autor:	B. R. Burns, I. L. Power, Mike Dodd
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Geography geography.geographical_feature_category Agronomy Microlaena stipoides biology Field experiment Pennisetum clandestinum Sowing Introduced species Revegetation biology.organism_classification Restoration ecology Pasture
Zdroj:	NZGA: Research and Practice Series. 14:33-39
ISSN:	2463-4751 0110-8581
DOI:	10.33584/rps.14.2008.3191
Popis:	Management plans for the grazed parklands of the Auckland volcanic cones call for revegetation to restore a more natural and historic vegetation cover. The native grass Microlaena stipoides has been identified as a relevant species, and a field experiment was undertaken to determine the best approach for establishing this species into existing pasture. Seed obtained locally was broadcast or hydro-seeded in May 2007 onto kikuyu pasture, at three sowing rates (100, 250 and 750 seeds/m2) following control of the resident pasture with turf stripping or mowing and spraying, in a replicated factorial trial. After 12 months, the highest levels of Microlaena plant density (mean 56 plants/m2), cover (mean 50%) and accumulated herbage mass were observed on broadcast/sprayed plots at the highest sowing rate. Recovery of the resident pasture (dominantly Pennisetum clandestinum) occurred to a level of ~25% after 12 months, but was inhibited at the highest Microlaena sowing rate. Keywords: broadcast, hydro-seeding, kikuyu, Microlaena stipoides, re-vegetation
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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