Quantitative Growth Patterns of Scirpus grossus under Fertilized and Unfertilized Peat Soils

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spelling 10545 https://intelek.unisza.edu.my/intelek/pages/view.php?ref=10545 https://intelek.unisza.edu.my/intelek/pages/search.php?search=!collection407072 Restricted Document Article Journal application/pdf 8 1.6 Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 20 Paper Capture Plug-in Dr.Moharam 2014-11-08 11:51:26 4582-01-FH02-FBIM-14-02057.pdf UniSZA Private Access Quantitative Growth Patterns of Scirpus grossus under Fertilized and Unfertilized Peat Soils Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences Scirpus grossus L. is a principal rhizomatous weed in the rice fields,drainage and irrigation canals, river banks, abandoned rice fields and wasteland in Malaysia. This study describes the clonal growth patterns, mortality number, plant height and flower number of Scirpus grossus under fertilized and unfertilized peat soils. Results: The NPK fertilizer application at 100:30:30 ha-1 resulted in more robust aerial plant growth with ca. 126.75 ramets m-2 (mean dry aerial biomass of 23.2 g plant-1) compared with 117.83 ramets m-2 (16.3 g plant-1) in unfertilized peat soils 24 weeks after planting of the mother plant. Mean ramets mortality was significantly higher in unfertilized peat soils at 30.33 ramets m-2, while in the fertilized paddy soils this was only 8.67 ramets m-2, resulting higher respective net populations in fertilized plot compared to unfertilized plots. Flowering set in earlier among ramets in fertilized peat soils with 51.58 ramets m-2vis-a-vis 38.75 ramets m-2, 24 weeks after transplanting of the mother plant in unfertilized soil. Fertilizer applications to peat soils did not register any significant difference in mean plant height. Conclusion: The time- and space-mediated clonal growth of S. grossus did not register any significant preferential directionality and dispersion of aerial plants irrespective of fertilizer regimes, but rather displaying opportunistic resource capture by aerial and sub-terranean modules. 8 17 328-335
spellingShingle Quantitative Growth Patterns of Scirpus grossus under Fertilized and Unfertilized Peat Soils
summary Scirpus grossus L. is a principal rhizomatous weed in the rice fields,drainage and irrigation canals, river banks, abandoned rice fields and wasteland in Malaysia. This study describes the clonal growth patterns, mortality number, plant height and flower number of Scirpus grossus under fertilized and unfertilized peat soils. Results: The NPK fertilizer application at 100:30:30 ha-1 resulted in more robust aerial plant growth with ca. 126.75 ramets m-2 (mean dry aerial biomass of 23.2 g plant-1) compared with 117.83 ramets m-2 (16.3 g plant-1) in unfertilized peat soils 24 weeks after planting of the mother plant. Mean ramets mortality was significantly higher in unfertilized peat soils at 30.33 ramets m-2, while in the fertilized paddy soils this was only 8.67 ramets m-2, resulting higher respective net populations in fertilized plot compared to unfertilized plots. Flowering set in earlier among ramets in fertilized peat soils with 51.58 ramets m-2vis-a-vis 38.75 ramets m-2, 24 weeks after transplanting of the mother plant in unfertilized soil. Fertilizer applications to peat soils did not register any significant difference in mean plant height. Conclusion: The time- and space-mediated clonal growth of S. grossus did not register any significant preferential directionality and dispersion of aerial plants irrespective of fertilizer regimes, but rather displaying opportunistic resource capture by aerial and sub-terranean modules.
title Quantitative Growth Patterns of Scirpus grossus under Fertilized and Unfertilized Peat Soils
title_full Quantitative Growth Patterns of Scirpus grossus under Fertilized and Unfertilized Peat Soils
title_fullStr Quantitative Growth Patterns of Scirpus grossus under Fertilized and Unfertilized Peat Soils
title_full_unstemmed Quantitative Growth Patterns of Scirpus grossus under Fertilized and Unfertilized Peat Soils
title_short Quantitative Growth Patterns of Scirpus grossus under Fertilized and Unfertilized Peat Soils
title_sort quantitative growth patterns of scirpus grossus under fertilized and unfertilized peat soils