Seeding and Overseeding Native Hayseed Support Plant and Soil Arthropod Communities in Agriculture Areas.

ABSTRACT: Using native seed mixtures to create or recover grassland habitats in rotation to crops or in strips surrounding fields is considered a cost-effective practice to enhance ecosystem resilience and agro-biodiversity. The aim of this research was to assess the effects of native hayseed mixtures on plant and microarthropod communities in an agricultural area of Northern Italy. Three different experimental treatments were set up. The first was a control (C) (i.e., non-seeded plots left to spontaneous vegetation succession after ploughing no deeper than 15 cm). The second, hayseed seeded (Hs) after ploughing no deeper than 15 cm. The third experimental treatment was hayseed overseeded (Ov) on the resident plant community after only a superficial harrowing. Ov plots exhibited the preeminent posit

SUBMITTER: Cardarelli E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7235896 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature