Soil Seed Bank in a Pre-Erosion Cereal-Grass Crop Rotation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Soil Seed Bank and Vertical Profile
2.2. Soil Seed Bank Composition and Comparison with Segetal Plant (Weeds) in Crops
3. Discussion
3.1. Soil Seed Bank and Vertical Profile
3.2. Soil Seed Bank Composition and Comparison with Segetal Plants in Crops
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Site and Soil Description and Experimental Design
4.2. Methods of Analysis
4.3. Agrometeorological Conditions
4.4. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Parts of the Hill | Floristic Similarity Between Parts of the Hill | |||
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Spring | Autumn | |||
2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | |
Summit and midslope | 0.70 | 0.75 | 0.83 | 0.70 |
Summit and footslope | 0.44 | 0.71 | 0.74 | 0.67 |
Midslope and footslope | 0.71 | 0.77 | 0.74 | 0.89 |
Floristic similarity between autumn in 2020 and spring in 2021 | ||||
summit | midslope | footslope | ||
Summit | 0.75 | |||
Midslope | 0.91 | |||
Footslope | 0.79 |
Soil Properties | Part of the Hill | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Summit | Midslope | Footslope | ||||
0–5 cm | 5–15 cm | 0–5 cm | 5–15 cm | 0–5 cm | 5–15 cm | |
Soil acidity (pHKCl) | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
Mobile P2O5 (mg/kg) | 192 | 201 | 165 | 168 | 149 | 148 |
Mobile K2O (mg/kg) | 209 | 112 | 198 | 98 | 223 | 107 |
Total N (%) | 0.078 | 0.077 | 0.097 | 0.096 | 0.106 | 0.101 |
Organic C (%) | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
Soil texture | sandy loam | sandy loam | sandy loam | sandy loam | sandy loam | sandy loam |
Sand (%) | 79.2 | 77.4 | 75.6 | 75.9 | 73.0 | 69.7 |
Silt (%) | 15.5 | 17.8 | 19.0 | 18.8 | 19.0 | 22.5 |
Clay (%) | 5.3 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 8.0 | 7.8 |
Soil moisture 1 (%) | 12.1–16.1 | 11.9–14.7 | 15.4–21.2 | 14.1–19.4 | 17.8–21.8 | 16.9–20.6 |
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Skuodienė, R.; Matyžiūtė, V. Soil Seed Bank in a Pre-Erosion Cereal-Grass Crop Rotation. Plants 2022, 11, 2636. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11192636
Skuodienė R, Matyžiūtė V. Soil Seed Bank in a Pre-Erosion Cereal-Grass Crop Rotation. Plants. 2022; 11(19):2636. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11192636
Chicago/Turabian StyleSkuodienė, Regina, and Vilija Matyžiūtė. 2022. "Soil Seed Bank in a Pre-Erosion Cereal-Grass Crop Rotation" Plants 11, no. 19: 2636. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11192636