Rewetting of long-term drained fens often results in the formation of eutrophic shallow lakes with an average water depth of less than 1 m. This is accompanied by a fast vegetation shift from cultivated grasses via submerged hydrophytes to helophytes. As a result of rapid plant dying and decomposition, these systems are highly dynamic wetlands characterised by a high mobilisation of nutrients a...

In vitro pathogenicity tests demonstrated that Hirschmanniella caudacrena is pathogenic to Ceratophyllum demersum (coontail). Symptoms were chlorotic tissue, deformed stems, and, finally, death of the plant. Inoculum densities of 500 nematodes per 5-cm-long cutting in a test tube containing 50 ml of water resulted in death and decay of some of the cuttings within 8 weeks; 100 nematodes killed t...

in the present study, cadmium (cd) accumulation capabilities of aquatic macrophytes ceratophyllum demersum, bacopa monnieri and rotala rotundifolia were determined after treating both individual and triple macrophytes. the macrophytes were treated with cd at 0, 0.1, 1 and 10 mg/l concentrations in a controlled chamber for 12-days. cadmium accumulations increased with increasing cd concentration...

Non-native species introductions are widespread and can affect ecosystem functioning by altering the structure of food webs. Invading plants often modify habitat structure, which may affect the suitability of vegetation as refuge and could thus impact predator-prey dynamics. Yet little is known about how the replacement of native by non-native vegetation affects predator-prey dynamics. We hypot...

Diquat is the only herbicide registered in New Zealand for the control of submerged invasive weeds such as hornwort or coontail ( Ceratophyllum demersum L) . However, under turbid conditions, binding to clay and charged particles in the water may deactivate diquat. To determine whether endothall achieved better control of Coontail under turbid conditions, both diquat and endothall were applied ...

The paper deals with 26 species of plants covering 24 genera and 21 families used by the tribes Adilabad district for cooling. Cucurbitaceae is dominant family 3 followed Sapindaceae, Sapotaceae , Arecaceae (2 spp each) others. Trees are 10 herbs (8 spp) Fruits in a maximum 12 practices leaf (6) Ceratophyllum demersum, 15 were found to be new. KEY WORDS: Ethnomedicine, Cooling, district, Andhra...

The physiological effects of 4 herbicides (butachlor, quinclorac, bensulfuron-methyl and atrazine) on 3 submerged macrophytes (Ceratophyllum demersum, Vallisneria natans and Elodea nuttallii) were tested in laboratory. The variables of the relative growth rate and the photosynthetic pigment content showed that all of the tested herbicides affected the growth of the plants obviously, even at the...