Soil Seed Bank in a Pre-Erosion Cereal-Grass Crop Rotation
Soil erosion by water is a serious environmental problem. It is very important to form agrophytocenosis, which is productive on hilly terrain and could effectively protect the soil from erosion. The aim of the study was to examine the impact of a hilly relief on the changes of seeds in a soil of pre...
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| description | Soil erosion by water is a serious environmental problem. It is very important to form agrophytocenosis, which is productive on hilly terrain and could effectively protect the soil from erosion. The aim of the study was to examine the impact of a hilly relief on the changes of seeds in a soil of pre-erosion cereal-grass crop rotation. The study included different parts of the hill (summit, midslope, and footslope). The southern exposition slope’s soil was slightly eroded Eutric Retisol (loamic) (RT-eu.lo), and the steepness of the slope was 9–11°. The seed bank was investigated at the depths of 0–5 and 5–15 cm. The number of seeds in the soil seed bank during autumn was 20.4% higher than in the spring. The highest number of seeds in the autumn was determined on the summit (40.6 thousand seeds m<sup>–2</sup>). The highest count during the spring was determined on the midslope of the hill (36.4 thousand seeds m<sup>–2</sup>). In general, in the soil seed bank of the midslope of the hill, the number of seeds was by 7.8% and 42.4% higher compared to the summit and footslope parts. The highest seed reserve was found in the soil at a 0–5 cm depth (59.4% of the total seed number). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ed97ebba7e884cbb8ace6d442d305e622023-11-23T21:30:47ZengMDPI AGPlants2223-77472022-10-011119263610.3390/plants11192636Soil Seed Bank in a Pre-Erosion Cereal-Grass Crop RotationRegina Skuodienė0Vilija Matyžiūtė1Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry Vezaiciai Branch, Gargzdu Str. 29, Vezaiciai LT-96216, Klaipeda District, LithuaniaLithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry Vezaiciai Branch, Gargzdu Str. 29, Vezaiciai LT-96216, Klaipeda District, LithuaniaSoil erosion by water is a serious environmental problem. It is very important to form agrophytocenosis, which is productive on hilly terrain and could effectively protect the soil from erosion. The aim of the study was to examine the impact of a hilly relief on the changes of seeds in a soil of pre-erosion cereal-grass crop rotation. The study included different parts of the hill (summit, midslope, and footslope). The southern exposition slope’s soil was slightly eroded Eutric Retisol (loamic) (RT-eu.lo), and the steepness of the slope was 9–11°. The seed bank was investigated at the depths of 0–5 and 5–15 cm. The number of seeds in the soil seed bank during autumn was 20.4% higher than in the spring. The highest number of seeds in the autumn was determined on the summit (40.6 thousand seeds m<sup>–2</sup>). The highest count during the spring was determined on the midslope of the hill (36.4 thousand seeds m<sup>–2</sup>). In general, in the soil seed bank of the midslope of the hill, the number of seeds was by 7.8% and 42.4% higher compared to the summit and footslope parts. The highest seed reserve was found in the soil at a 0–5 cm depth (59.4% of the total seed number).https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/19/2636hilly reliefseed bank changesvertical distributionseed and plant speciessegetal plantsfloristic similarity |
| spellingShingle | Regina Skuodienė Vilija Matyžiūtė Soil Seed Bank in a Pre-Erosion Cereal-Grass Crop Rotation Plants hilly relief seed bank changes vertical distribution seed and plant species segetal plants floristic similarity |
| title | Soil Seed Bank in a Pre-Erosion Cereal-Grass Crop Rotation |
| title_full | Soil Seed Bank in a Pre-Erosion Cereal-Grass Crop Rotation |
| title_fullStr | Soil Seed Bank in a Pre-Erosion Cereal-Grass Crop Rotation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Soil Seed Bank in a Pre-Erosion Cereal-Grass Crop Rotation |
| title_short | Soil Seed Bank in a Pre-Erosion Cereal-Grass Crop Rotation |
| title_sort | soil seed bank in a pre erosion cereal grass crop rotation |
| topic | hilly relief seed bank changes vertical distribution seed and plant species segetal plants floristic similarity |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/19/2636 |
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