It is unclear how N addition and mowing interactively affect grassland community structure function. We studied the short-term effects of on species diversity biomass a typical in Inner Mongolia using split-plot design, with whole plot representing treatment subplot rate. Three stubble heights were set at 10 cm (M2), 6 (M3) 3 (M4), no-mowing (M1) was also included. consisted five rates, i.e., 0...

• j ermudagrass is a popular turfgrass used on athletic fields • due to its aggressive summer growth habit, fine leaf texhue, and dark green color. However, if mowed infre• quently, excessive scalping and dipping production combine to decrease its aesthetic quality. Plant growth fl:'gulalors (PGRs) were introduced into the turf industry in the 1950's and since have been used in part to reduce m...

Establishing and Trafficking New Bentgrass Putting Greens Golf turf managers are pressured from the golfing community to reduce the establishment time of playing surfaces. To this end, accelerated grow-in procedures are implemented that eventually permit play on surfaces that are less than prepared to receive traffic. Research hassuggested that accelerated grow-in procedures and premature traff...

Interseeding legumes into grass-dominated stands can benefit pasture and hay producers by increasing the yield and quality of forage they produce and reducing their need for inputs of nitrogen fertilizer. The challenge is to get the legumes established given the competition from existing vegetation. This study confirmed that suppressing the grasses with glyphosate prior to seeding results in th...

The potential of vegetation recovery through resprouting plant tissue from buds after the removal aboveground biomass is a key resilience strategy for populations under abrupt environmental change. Resprouting leads to fast regeneration, particularly implementation mechanical mowing as part active management promoting open habitats. We investigated whether dynamics and threat habitat conversion...

Many measures have been proposed to mitigate gaseous emissions and other nutrient losses from agroecosystems, which can have large detrimental effects for the quality of soils, water and air, and contribute to eutrophication and global warming. Due to complexities in farm management, biological interactions and emission measurements, most experiments focus on analysis of short-term effects of i...

Grassland management practices and intensities are key factors influencing the quality balance of their provisioning regulating ecosystem services. Most European temperate grasslands exploited through mowing, grazing, or a combination both in relatively small units. Grazing mowing can however not be considered equivalent because first is gradual selective second not. In this study, aim to diffe...

Intensive weed management is one of the most common practices in coffee cultivation areas. Consequently, some problems, such as soil degradation and selection herbicide resistant weed, have increased over time, but, if properly managed, weeds at planting inter-rows can offer benefits erosion control, nutrient recycling crop sustainability. The aim this study to evaluate effect different strateg...