Animal Husbandry and Feed Science ›› 2016, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (9): 32-32.doi: 10.12160/j.issn.1672-5190.2016.09.010

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The Responses of Vegetation Characteristic of Natural Meadow on Mowing Frequency in Keerqin District

YANG Xiao-song, GAO Li-juan, Siriguleng, LI Jia-yi, ZHANG Jun, WEN Chao, LIU Yong-zhi, SHAN Yu-mei (1.Tongliao Municipal Institute for Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine Sciences,Tongliao 028000,China;2.Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities,Tongliao 028000,China;3. Inner Mongolia Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences,Hohhot 010031,China;4. Inner Mongolia Research Center for Prataculture,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Hohhot 010031,China;5. Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry of Inner Mongolia,Hohhot 010010, China)   

  • Online:2016-09-20 Published:2016-09-20

Abstract: The sandy grassland in Keerqin is an important distribution area of natural meadow in semiarid district. Based on the current situation of the meadow in this region, the grassland vegetation of natural meadow in Keerqin district under different mowing frequency was characterized by using randomized complete block design. The results revealed that the community structure and biomass significantly changed under different mowing frequency. The proportion of biomass of Leymus chinensis accounting for community total biomass was reduced in twice mowing treatment and was decreased by 23.87%compared with that in single mowing treatment. The biomass of Chloris virgate and Sonchus arvensis (annual forage) in twice mowing treatment were increased by 14.17%and 12.98%compared with that in single mowing treatment, respectively. From the aspect of grass yield, the hay yield in single mowing treatment was slightly higher than that in twice mowing treatment, but the fresh grass yield in twice mowing treatment was higher than that in single mowing treatment. The net income in single mowing treatment was 403.10 Yuan/hm 2 higher than that in twice mowing treatment. The combined data showed that the twice mowing treatment reduced the amount of perennial forage in the community, promoted the propagation of annual forage and also increased the input. The results obtained in this study suggest that single mowing per year is beneficial to the stability, regeneration and biomass increasement of plant community structure in natural meadow in Keerqin district.

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