The concurrent impacts of drought and leaf harvesting on two traditional African vegetable non-timber forest product species.

ABSTRACT: Investigating the concurrent impacts with harvesting on wild vegetables can guide their sustainable management while contributing to the understanding of such impacts on NTFP species. This study investigated leaf production, morphological and growth responses to the concurrent impacts of drought and leaf harvesting between two wild vegetables. A randomized greenhouse experiment was implemented with 1,334 plants of Amaranthus sp. and 391 of B. pilosa. A drought treatment was first implemented through six levels of drought stress and a control treatment. The harvesting treatment consisted of four harvesting levels and was implemented twice. Measurements were recorded before first and second harvests and at end of experiment. Data were separated into two periods (after first and second harves

SUBMITTER: Sinasson S GK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10075472 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature