scholarly journals Germination of native grasses with potential application in the recovery of degraded areas in Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 118-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurílio Assis Figueiredo ◽  
Hudson Eustáquio Baêta ◽  
Alessandra Rodrigues Kozovits
Keyword(s):  
Native Species ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Potassium Nitrate ◽  
Native Grasses ◽  
Refrigerated Storage ◽  
Efficient Treatment ◽  
Land Rehabilitation ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Quadrilátero Ferrífero ◽  
Setaria Parviflora

Native grasses are potential species to be used in land rehabilitation. However, due to the lack of better knowledge of their performance, preference is given to exotic plants, which may be invasive and negatively affect the local biodiversity. In order to better understand the propagation of native species of the Quadrilátero Ferrífero (Minas Gerais, Brazil) using their seeds, and in so doing, indicate possible candidates for land rehabilitation, this study investigated the germination patterns of the following grasses: Andropogon bicornis L.; Andropogon leucostachyus Kunth; Setaria parviflora (Poir.) Kerguélen; Cenchrus brownii Roem. & Schult; Echinolaena inflexa (Poir.) Chase, and Apochloa euprepes (Renvoize) Zuloaga & Morrone. The spikelets (depending on the species, removing or not the structures that surround the caryopsis) were treated as follows: T1-Control, T2-moistening with 0.2% potassium nitrate, T3-heating at 80 ºC for 2 minutes, T4-scarification with sulfuric acid (except genus Andropogon) and, for genera Andropogon and Setaria T5-storage at room temperature and T6- refrigerated storage. The treatment was repeated four times for 25 caryopses incubated at 25 ºC and constant light. Significant variation was observed when comparing germination rates from week to week, treatment to treatment and species to species. The most efficient treatment for genus Andropogon was T6, followed by T2 for A. bicornis and T3 for A. leucostachyus. T6 was also the most effective treatment for S. parviflora, followed by T5 and T2. C. brownii showed similar results when applying T1, T2 and T3 (mean 39%). E. inflexa and A. euprepes showed high levels of dormancy that were not overcome by the proposed treatments. A. bicornis, A. leucostachyus, S. parviflora and C. brownii showed higher germination potential, thus being possible candidates for the recovery of degraded areas. Future studies are indicated to find the most effective treatments for germination in field conditions.

Performance of 7 Australian native grasses from the temperate zone under a range of cutting and fertiliser regimes

2009 ◽  
Vol 60 (10) ◽  
pp. 943 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. N. Nie ◽  
R. P. Zollinger ◽  
J. L. Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
Root Biomass ◽  
Native Species ◽  
High Fertility ◽  
Native Grasses ◽  
Compost Tea ◽  
Plant Survival ◽  
Leaf Stage ◽  
Fertiliser Application ◽  
Cutting Intensity ◽  
Weeping Grass

This glasshouse study aimed to examine the performance of 7 Australian native grasses and their responses to different cutting and fertiliser regimes. The 7 native grasses comprised 2 wallaby grasses (Austrodanthonia bipartita cv. Bunderra and Austrodanthonia setacea, Woodhouse ecotype), 2 weeping grasses (Microlaena stipoides cv. Bremmer and ecotype Coleraine), 1 spear grass (Austrostipa mollis, ecotype Lexton), 1 red-leg grass (Bothriochlora macra, ecotype Hamilton), and 1 kangaroo grass (Themeda triandra, ecotype Yass). For each of the 7 grasses, 64 pots each containing 9 plants were arranged in a 4 cutting intensity × 4 fertiliser level factorial design with 4 replicates. The cutting intensity treatments involved (1) cutting to 2 cm at 3–5-week intervals; (2) cutting to 5 cm at 3–5-week intervals; (3) cutting to 10 cm at 3–5-week intervals; and (4) cutting to 2 cm based on leaf stage. The fertiliser regimes included low, medium, and high fertility treatments by applying various rates of phosphorus, and the treatment with addition of compost tea. Herbage accumulation, shoot and root growth, plant survival and tiller density, nutritive characteristics, and leaf stage were monitored. All grass lines produced the lowest herbage mass when cut to 2 cm above ground at 3–5-week intervals. Cutting to 5 cm or to 2 cm based on leaf stage favoured herbage accumulation of Lexton spear grass, Hamilton red grass, Yass kangaroo grass, and Coleraine weeping grass. Cutting to 10 cm favoured herbage accumulation of Bremmer weeping grass and wallaby grass. Cutting to 10 cm together with high fertiliser application considerably increased herbage accumulation in comparison with treatments with low fertiliser application or with compost tea. Shoot and root biomass were maximised when plants were cut to 10 cm above ground, except Lexton spear grass which had highest root biomass when plants were managed based on leaf stage. Plant survival was dramatically affected by defoliation intensity and varied among species. Plant survival declined when plants were cut to 2 cm above ground for most species. Overall, native grasses were considered to have good nutritive characteristics with crude protein ranging from 17 to 22% and neutral detergent fibre from 48 to 60%. Results from this study indicate that it may be possible to use leaf stage as a determinant for the commencement of grazing native species. Optimum leaf stages that could be used as a grazing management guide were on average 3.4 for wallaby grass, 4.2 for weeping grass, 3 for spear grass, 3.8 for red-leg grass, and 4.4 for kangaroo grass. However, further work is required to better define this for likely seasonal variation between C3 and C4 species.

scholarly journals Priority Treatment Leaves Grassland Restoration Vulnerable to Invasion

Diversity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine L. Stuble ◽  
Truman P. Young
Keyword(s):  
Native Species ◽  
Priority Effects ◽  
Native Grasses ◽  
Target Species ◽  
California Grasslands ◽  
Early Arrival ◽  
Regional Species Pool ◽  
Conservation Concern ◽  
Indirect Impacts ◽  
One Year

Priority effects can be used to promote target species during restoration. Early planting can provide an advantage over later-arriving species, increasing abundance of these early-arrivers in restored communities. However, we have limited knowledge of the indirect impacts of priority effects in restoration. In particular, we do not understand how priority effects impact non-target species. Of particular conservation concern is how these priority effects influence establishment by non-native species. We use a field-based mesocosm experiment to explore the impacts of priority effects on both target and non-target species in California grasslands. Specifically, we seeded native grasses and forbs, manipulating order of arrival by planting them at the same time, planting forbs one year before grasses, planting grasses one year before forbs, or planting each functional group alone. While our study plots were tilled and weeded for the first year, the regional species pool was heavily invaded. We found that, while early-arrival of native grasses did not promote establishment of non-native species, giving priority to native forbs ultimately left our restoration mesocosms vulnerable to invasion by non-native species. This suggests that, in some cases, establishment of non-native species may be an unintended consequence of using priority treatments as a restoration tool.

scholarly journals Study on printing wastewater treatment by decomposition reaction H2O2 catalyzed of complex between ion Ni2+ and citric acid

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 106-110
Author(s):  
Tue Nguyen Ngoc ◽  
Nghia Nguyen Trong ◽  
Thuong Nghiem Thi ◽  
Quang Tran Thuong ◽  
Trung Nguyen Duc
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Citric Acid ◽  
Industrial Wastewater ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Organic Pollutant ◽  
Decomposition Reaction ◽  
Efficient Treatment ◽  
Catalytic Role ◽  
Printing Processes

In this article, the results of the research on organic pollutant treatment in the wastewater of printing processes on fabric by H2O2 under the catalytic role of the complex between ion Ni2+ and Citric acid (H4L) were presented. The condition of pH, H4L/Ni2+, H2O2, Ni2+ concentration has been explored to get the optimal conditions for improving COD efficient treatment. The results provide the solutions of the homogeneous complex  catalysts in the industrial wastewater treatment at room temperature and atmosphere. 

Multiple feedbacks due to biotic interactions across trophic levels can lead to persistent novel conditions that hinder restoration.

2020 ◽  
pp. 402-420
Author(s):  
Stephanie G. Yelenik ◽  
Carla M. D'Antonio ◽  
Evan M. Rehm ◽  
Iain R. Caldwell
Keyword(s):  
Species Interactions ◽  
Native Species ◽  
Biotic Interactions ◽  
Terrestrial Ecosystems ◽  
Trophic Levels ◽  
Native Grasses ◽  
Positive Feedbacks ◽  
Mesic Forest ◽  
Management Context ◽  
Multiple Challenges

Abstract Unlike traditional successional theory, Alternate Stable Equilibrium (ASE) theory posits that more than one community state is possible in a single environment, depending on the order that species arrive. ASE theory is often invoked in management situations where initial stressors have been removed, but native-dominated communities are not returning to degraded areas. Fundamental to this theory is the assumption that equilibria are maintained by positive feedbacks between colonizers and their environment. While ASE has been relatively well studied in aquatic ecosystems, more complex terrestrial systems offer multiple challenges, including species interactions across trophic levels that can lead to multiple feedbacks. Here, we discuss ASE theory as it applies to terrestrial, invaded ecosystems, and detail a case study from Hawai'i that exemplifies how species interactions can favour the persistence of invaders, and how an understanding of interactions and feedbacks can be used to guide management. Our system includes intact native-dominated mesic forest and areas cleared for pasture, planted with non-native grasses, and later planted with a monoculture of a native nitrogen-fixing tree in an effort to restore forests. We discuss interactions between birds, understorey fruiting native species, understorey non-native grasses, soils and bryophytes in separate feedback mechanisms, and explain our efforts to identify which of these feedbacks is most important to address in a management context. Finally, we suggest that using models can help overcome some of the challenges that terrestrial ecosystems pose when studying ASE.

scholarly journals Growth of immature Chironomus calligraphus (Diptera, Chironomidae) in laboratory conditions

2011 ◽  
Vol 83 (4) ◽  
pp. 1279-1286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita de Cássia S.A. Canteiro ◽  
Edélti F. Albertoni
Keyword(s):  
Native Species ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Average Length ◽  
Larval Growth ◽  
Time Duration ◽  
Constant Growth Rate ◽  
Fish Food ◽  
Laboratory Conditions ◽  
Spiral Form ◽  
Constant Growth

Chironomidae larvae are important macroinvertebrates in limnic environments, but little knowledge exists about their biometrics development characteristics. This study aims to describe the immature Chironomus calligraphus Goeldi, 1905 under laboratory conditions by the accomplishment of thirteen egg masses from eggs eclosion to adults emergency, at controlled room temperature (25ºC) and photoperiod (12-12h). Larvae were feed ad libitum with "Alcon Basic - MEP 200 Complex" fish food and commercial dehydrated Spirulina. The postures had a mean length of 9 ± 1 mm (n = 13) and 348 ± 66 eggs. The brownish colored eggs with elliptical shape had length of 160.3 ± 17.7 µm (n = 130), being arranged as an organized string in a pseudo spiral form. The time duration from the first to the four instars were three, four, four and eight days, and the average length of a cephalic capsule to each one of the instars (66.3 ± 12.3 µm, 102.9 ± 22.1 µm, 159 ± 24.6 µm, 249.2 ± 29.7 µm, n = 456) were significantly different (ANOVA, p < 0.001). The Dyar’s Rule showed a constant growth rate, r = 1.5. Our results demonstrated that C. calligraphus is a species with short life cycle, low mortality rate, food adaptability, fast larval growth and easily maintained at laboratory, factors that allowed the use of this native species as a tool for ecotoxicological tests.

14N and 39K Nuclear Quadrupole Coupüng in KNO3

1990 ◽  
Vol 45 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 459-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. J. Bastow ◽  
S. N. Stuart
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Potassium Nitrate ◽  
Nuclear Quadrupole Interaction ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Disorder Phase Transition ◽  
Nuclear Quadrupole ◽  
T Values ◽  
Asymmetry Parameters

Abstract The nuclear quadrupole interaction tensors of 14N and 39K in potassium nitrate at room temperature have been determined from nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) rotation studies of single crystals at 9.4 T. Values for the coupling constants and asymmetry parameters at 296 K are:14N: e2 qQ/h = 751 kHz, η = 0.022; 39K: e2 qQ/h = 1326kHz, η = 0.171. The temperature dependence, on approaching the order-disorder phase transition near 401 K, is linear.

scholarly journals Challenges and Inconsistencies in Using Lysophosphatidic Acid as a Biomarker for Ovarian Cancer

Cancers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsukasa Yagi ◽  
Muhammad Shoaib ◽  
Cyrus Kuschner ◽  
Mitsuaki Nishikimi ◽  
Lance Becker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ovarian Cancer ◽  
Cancer Research ◽  
Lysophosphatidic Acid ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Storage Time ◽  
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Blood Drawing ◽  
Benign Ovarian Tumors ◽  
Artificial Changes

Increased detection of plasma lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) has been proposed as a potential diagnostic biomarker in ovarian cancer, but inconsistency exists in these reports. It has been shown that LPA can undergo an artificial increase during sample processing and analysis, which has not been accounted for in ovarian cancer research. The aim of this study is to provide a potential explanation about how the artificial increase in LPA may have interfered with previous LPA analysis in ovarian cancer research. Using an established LC-MS method, we measured LPA and other lysophospholipid levels in plasma obtained from three cohorts of patients: non-cancer controls, patients with benign ovarian tumors, and those with ovarian cancer. We did not find the LPA level to be higher in cancer samples. To understand this inconsistency, we observed that LPA content changed more significantly than other lysophospholipids as a function of plasma storage time while frozen. Additionally, only LPA was found to be adversely impacted by incubation time depending on the Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) concentration used during blood drawing. We also show that the inhibition of autotaxin effectively prevented artificial LPA generation during incubation at room temperature. Our data suggests that the artificial changes in LPA content may contribute to the discrepancies reported in literature. Any future studies planning to measure plasma LPA should carefully design the study protocol to consider these confounding factors.

Ferroelectricity in Potassium Nitrate at Room Temperature

1962 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 285-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
James P. Nolta ◽  
Norman W. Schubring
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Potassium Nitrate

Developing minimal-input techniques for invasive plant management: perimeter treatments enlarge native grass patches

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-113
Author(s):  
Scott R. Abella ◽  
Lindsay P. Chiquoine ◽  
Jeremy M. Moss ◽  
Eric D. Lassance ◽  
Charles D. Schelz
Keyword(s):  
Native Species ◽  
Invasive Plant ◽  
Native Plants ◽  
Perennial Grass ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Plant Management ◽  
Native Grasses ◽  
Native Grass ◽  
Invasive Plant Management ◽  
Wide Ring

AbstractThere is a continual need for invasive plant science to develop approaches for cost-effectively benefiting native over nonnative species in dynamic management and biophysical contexts, including within predominantly nonnative plant landscapes containing only small patches of native plants. Our objective was to test the effectiveness of a minimal-input strategy for enlarging native species patches within a nonnative plant matrix. In Pecos National Historical Park, New Mexico, USA, we identified 40 native perennial grass patches within a matrix of the nonnative annual forb kochia [Bassia scoparia (L.) A.J. Scott]. We mechanically cut B. scoparia in a 2-m-wide ring surrounding the perimeters of half the native grass patches (with the other half as uncut controls) and measured change in native grass patch size (relative to pretreatment) for 3 yr. Native grass patches around which B. scoparia was cut grew quickly the first posttreatment year and by the third year had increased in size four times more than control patches. Treated native grass patches expanded by an average of 25 m2, from 4 m2 in October 2015 before treatment to 29 m2 in October 2018. The experiment occurred during a dry period, conditions that should favor B. scoparia and contraction of the native grasses, suggesting that the observed increase in native grasses occurred despite suboptimal climatic conditions. Strategically treating around native patches to enlarge them over time showed promise as a minimal-input technique for increasing the proportion of the landscape dominated by native plants.

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