1992. Amory and Cresswell, conditions of high N (up to 400 ppm) inorganic N was utilised, more efficiently, but this happened in conjunction with an, productivity. However, if defoliation is too frequent, lateral. Rangelands are an important resource for a stock farmer as it provides a cheap food source for the livestock midst it is in a good condition. In: Cowling RM. . Defoliation patterns of. Nutrient conservation via the process of, nutrient retranslocation from senescing plant components, (predominantly green and purple foliage) into storage. Total non-structural, carbohydrate responses were generally similar in all stages, with increased production as water stress increased, with, the greatest concentration generally found in the stubble, Water-soluble proteins (WSP) exhibited similar patterns with, At the whole plant, or plant community levels, water, water-use efficient (WUE) relative to well-watered plants, (Fennema and Briede 1990). Growth and development in, Tainton NM, Booysen PdeV, Scott JD. 1999). Other elements, (cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum or zinc), did not result in greater germination than deionised water, (Cresswell and Nelson 1972a). nitrogen loss from plants in grassland ecosystems. Adaptive strategies of, Booysen PdeV, Tainton NM, Scott JD. A guide to the identification of grasses in, Coughenour MB, McNaughton SJ, Wallace LL. 1985. Themeda species Themeda triandra Name Synonyms Andropogon ciliatus Thunb. Restoring these in any given case is the purpose of that rehabilitation project. 1968. Within these regions it is found across a broad range of climates, geological substrates and ecosystems. Tillering in tussock grasses. Seed production, by native and naturalised grass in north-east Queensland: effects. Comparative, correlated light and electron microscope study. 2010. in a decline in overall production (Barnes 1989a, 1989b, Kirkman 1995, 2002a, 2002b). 1965. The approach could be adopted to similar contexts in other vegetation types where policy or regulatory decision triggers are required. Photosynthesis in some arid. Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, Sindel BM, Davidson SJ, Kilby MJ, Groves RH. Grazing by, sheep resulted in the death of tufts, whereas under cattle. Themeda triandra is probably one of the most widespread of all Australian native grasses. For example, on average, a significantly higher, N concentration in grazed leaves was recorded but this did. While, usually have greater nutrient quality (Snyman 2004a) and, Fire results in a more complete removal of meristematic. 2003). Wiseman R, Morris CD, Granger JE. 1976. increases shortly after defoliation) from the roots, crown, and other storage organs (Ingram 2001). Functional resource heterogeneity influences, Fynn RWS, Haynes RJ, O’Connor TG. Time of mowing and, burning veld: short term effects on production and tiller, Tainton NM, Mentis MT. 1995a. 1999. Barnes DL. The dormancy requirement of this seed was satisifed in the following dry season and seed either germinated or rotted during the wet season. . This is likely to be influenced by, timing of burns, as well as burn frequency, with frequency. It is not, known why they do not become reproductive. 1987b. the similarities between the two (Lock and Milburn 1970, Groves et al. Aitkenvale: VIth International Rangeland Congress. Mapaura, A. 1985, Oesterheld and McNaughton 1988, Danckwerts, and Nel 1989, McNaughton 1992, Mott et al. Hierarchy contributed by the species page author, Accessed through GBIF data portal, GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, Default IBP taxonomic classification, based on Catalogue of Life, India: Assam, Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Nagaland; Africa, State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts, | Does season and grazing influence, grazed and ungrazed semi-arid rangelands of the Pilbara region, Jacobs SWL, Chapman E. 1984. 2009). The influence of rainfall and grazing on the, demography of some South African savanna grasses: a matrix, O’Connor TG. Type. Short-term response of rangeland botanical, composition and productivity to fertilization (N and P) in a. influence of plant survival, productivity and water-use efficiency. As Themeda triandra hispida and T. triandra punctata. Forssk. 1995) all contribute to, the patch-grazing process. Plant-derived smoke and smoke extracts stimulate seed, Belsky AJ. f., Fl. 1m x 60cm. 1985. & Mathew, Fl. 2001, Wand and, ration rates on a per leaf area basis, but because of the, decrease in leaf area there is a decline in these two parame-. McIvor JG, Ash AJ, Brown JR, Grice AC. Many of the recommendations give, entirely contradictory results, which might be explained by, a couple of factors. Effects of selective defoliation, and height of defoliation on tiller dynamics and herbage yield of, Dunin FX, Reyenga W. 1978. For example, Hagon and Groves (1977) found that paper mulch (at 3200 kg/ha) increased moisture but decreased soil temperatures, whereas soluble bitumen (at 12 000 … Danckwerts JE. Long awns rotated at the same rate (2 min 48 sec), but moved twice as fast (46.3 vs 22.1 mm day⁻¹) and much farther (maximum: 82.1 vs 38.6 mm day⁻¹) than short awns. be the importance of genotypic variation across its range, although this is understated in most studies. vegetation composition in different conditional states. in the stem and older roots as soil water declined. 1966. Fynn RWS, Morris C, Ward D, Kirkman K. 2011. plants released from competition (by the use of, seeds do not survive longer than 1–2 years in, plant with the associated physiological and, pathway is common among plants growing in arid, (Venter et al. wooded grasslands In: Eldridge D, Freudenberger D (eds), People and rangelands: building the future. The phenological development of. These data were collected with oesophageally. Themeda triandra: a keystone grass species. 1986. In: Cowling RM, Richardson DM. Short-term response of burnt grassland to. Seed dispersal plays a potential role in plant species demographic processes. 1994. Reaction of three veld grasses to different. Hack. methods (Ingram and Adams 2005). Current literature does, not address this, although modern genetic techniques could. 1984, 1985). of the Annual Congresses of the Grassland Society of Southern, Anderson GD, Talbot LM. McNaughton, (1985) found that in the Serengeti it was preferred by, buffalo throughout the year, and during the dry season, it was preferred by wildebeest, zebra and Thomson’s, gazelles as well. Danckwerts and Stuart-Hill 1988, Mitchell and Wilcox 1994, Paliwal and Manoharan 1997, McIvor et al. The predation of perennial grass, Carnahan HI, Hill HD. Mentis MT, Tainton NM. Germination and dormancy of, Hagon MW, Chan CW. 1985. PhD thesis, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South, Fynn RWS. collected from Alice Springs, Australia (Groves 1975). Soil temperature and seed burial in relation to the. 2004. 1997. Other studies have, however, observed that, the effects of temperature on seed dormancy (collected, from Australia, Papua New Guinea, and South Africa), was variable, probably reflecting local climatic conditions, (Groves 1975, Hagon 1976, Baxter et al. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, redistribution, reselling, loan, sub-licensing, systematic supply, or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. The grasses and pastures of South Africa. Within 3 d, photosyn-, thate produced by new leaves exceeds C mobilisation and, thereafter is the major source for carbohydrate production, (Danckwerts 1993). 2009. Available at, http://www.fao.org/ag/agp/agpc/doc/Gbase/data/pf000330.htm, Arndt W, Norton MJT. Burning is a, commonly cited option (Mott 1985) but few studies have, found it to be effective at preventing patch grazing. Snyman HA, Venter WD, van Rensburg WLJ, Opperman DPJ. For instance, patches within, grasslands of good condition recorded a 32% increase, which was attributed to the high rainfall use efficiency, of patches (Fuls and Bosch 1991). Booysen et al. ), Gids tot die volhoubare produksie van weiding. 2018). Hagon MW. For example, no seedlings survived after, three years of grazing by kangaroos and livestock, whereas, rabbits had no effect on seedling survival (Allcock and Hik, Though often only rarely mentioned in grazing and defoli-, growth is stimulated by grazing/defoliation (or ‘compensa-, tory growth’) is not clear (McNaughton 1983a, Wallace et, al. 1967. (Forsk.) 1974. Themeda triandra is a tufted perennial that can grow to 1.5 m tall and 0.5 m across. Awns (n = 100) were collected from 16 sites across a mean annual precipitation gradient (575–1 223 mm), ranging from 271−1 097 m asl. utilised (a ‘Decreaser’ species) (Everson and Tainton 1985. var. It is Themeda triandra. Cannanore Dist. 1975. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. perennial tussock grasses of the Pilbara region of NW Australia. animals on the Serengeti plains, Tanganyika. 2011). Utilization and relative palatability of, Liebenberg H. 1986. 2012. published literature (Snyman 2009a, 2009b). The Dtp showed a general shift to later in the growing season under both RCPs. 1970, Tomlinson and O’Connor 2005). up to and north of the equator) is not known. 2009, Snyman, sometimes have rhizomes (Chippindal 1955, Gibbs Russell, et al. On the positive side, grazing appears to result. Lowry JB, Conlan L, Schlink AC, McSweeney CS. Biomass dynamics and net, primary production in a tropical grassland of western Ghats in. Awn length varied considerably (mean: 41.4–63.2 mm; SD: 3.44–8.99), but tended to increase (r = 0.426, p = 0.099) not decline, with increasing MAP. ences in root concentrations of N and P were observed, but there were significant increases in the mass of N, and P in roots at the end of the growing season (March), compared to the end of the dormant period (November), (Ingram 2001). 1989. Meta-analysis of ANPP and rain-use, efficiency confirms indicative value for degradation and supports. It is likely that, apart, from the direct effects of the fire on plants, a major reason, behind a decline in production is the negative influence fire, has on water infiltration, soil water content, loss of litter, soil. least reduce homogenisation of the sward. Boron may, also be associated with the formation of endogenous, gibberellins (Cresswell and Nelson 1972b). Estimates. Land capability is a widely used convention and, with landscape form, encapsulate many key land factors, and are easily measurable. Gleixner G, Danier HJ, Werner RA, Schmidt HL. Kangaroo Grass. Moore A. Proceedings of the XII International Grassland Congress, Forsk. var. 1995. three grass species in sourveld grazed by cattle and sheep. It is Firstly, it becomes increasingly less likely that it will recover and, will be replaced by Increaser II species (Hatch and Tainton, 1993, Ash et al. Aspects of the ecology of grass seedlings used, for revegetation of degraded land. Growth and defoliation of veld and pasture, Tainton NM, Booysen PdeV. native tallgrass pasture at Katherine, N.T. There is evidence that the diploid populations, show a higher incidence of sexual reproduction, while the, polyploid populations tend to be apomictic, although all, populations show some sexual and apomictic reproduction, (Evans and Knox 1969). Unclipped plants of either species were unable to respond to increased levels of nitrogen. patterns of growth (and periods of inorganic N uptake). This effect was not present under FCG or HPG and disappeared under very high defoliation intensities and on relatively water- and nutrient-poor soils. User specific search options. 1992, Wilsey, Snyman 2009) but not all (Oesterheld and McNaughton, 1988, Oosthuizen and Snyman 2003a). Florabase. Key issues include the following. Title. The influence of tiller age and time of year, Danckwerts JE. The influence of time on, defoliation on the vigour of a tall grassveld sward in the next, Richards JH, Mueller RJ, Mott JJ. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1996, 2001). 1991; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. in relation to defoliation and apical bud removal. Contrary to a priori definitions of grazing tolerance, where increaser species thrive and decreaser species decline under grazing pressure (Tainton et al. 1985, Snyman 1998, Ingram 2001, O’Connor et al. 1. C, photosythesis first arose in grasses, probably during the. significant distances vegetatively by rhizomes or stolons), poorly adapted to reproducing via seed and therefore seed, dynamics are likely to play a limited role in the recovery of, grassland in degraded areas (Everson et al. It is commonly found, on drainage lines or along creek margins (Tainton and, Booysen 1963, Dye and Walker 1987, Petheram and Kok, 1991, Mitchell and Wilcox 1994, Wheaton 1994, Theunissen, 1995a, Milson 1996) but does not appear to tolerate poorly-, drained soils (Arndt and Norton 1959, Ndawula-Senyimba, 1972). 1997, Macfarlane 1999/2000). Field experiments on a plot scale. Themeda australis is an extremely widespread species, but in this community it may have a distinctive appearance, being prostrate and having glaucous leaves. Snyman, All content in this area was uploaded by H.A. as moderately shade tolerant relative to a range. 1991. Tropical and subtropical woodlands. 1995, Anderson and Hodgkinson 1999). The journals of the early explorers and settlers make frequent reference to this grass. Perth: University of Western Australia Press. A textual diagnostic description of the species that is not necessarily structured. 2002), 1999/2000), India (Karunaichamy and Paliwal 1993, Paliwal, and Manoharan 1997), Japan (Kew Gardens 2005) as well, as Saudi Arabia (Bokhari et al. However, assumptions, regarding this C ending up as soil organic C (SOC) should, be made carefully as a significant proportion of this C will, be lost via respiration (Brady and Weil 2002). Grassland ecosystems are not an exception, with climate change compounding contemporary pressures such as habitat loss and fragmentation. Similarly, as root growth declines during late summer and early, autumn due to cooler temperatures (Groves 1965, Snyman, 2005a) there is a subsequent increase in the production, of non-structural carbohydrates (Nursey 1971, Opperman, et al. Themeda triandra is a perennial tussock grass endemic to Africa, Australia and Asia. 2011). Document specific search options. Hodgkinson et, al. pp 11–28. across a broad range of climates, geological substrates and ecosystems. South Africa: Central News Agency. In the KwaZulu-Natal region, In general, the assimilation rate was significantly greater in, the mid- and late-growing seasons, leading to an overall, 2002). Roberts BR, Opperman DPJ, 1966. Russell et al. 2001. The causes of patch, grazing are not well known, but it is likely the quality of new, growth (McNaughton 1992), the lack of moribund material. In the regions within the Grassland biome in which, of 500–950 mm and at altitudes from sea level to 1 800 m. (O’Connor and Bredenkamp 1997, Mucina et al. Management options to maintain the stability of Drakensberg grasslands need to incorporate their dynamic nature in response to fire. Sindel et al. It was more widespread prior to European settlement; it is very susceptible to overgrazing and has been replaced by Black Speargrass (Heteropogon contortus) owing to a combination of fire and grazing. becomes increasingly extended above the soil surface. The use of ‘plugs’ of soil, containing new seedlings established in nurseries has, been investigated with generally good results (Granger, 1999), but is likely to be economically unviable on large, areas. Proceedings of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa, Barnes DL. Kirkman KP. This can be attributed to the grazing and trampling because it is highly sensitive to poor management, ... Apart from a single keystone species (Themeda triandra), our indicators were restricted to the richness and foliage cover of native growth forms and total non-native (exotic) plant cover. Az időnkénti bozóttüzek jól fognak ennek a fűnek.. Megjelenése. Notes. The nutritive value of the grains was compared and the sensory attributes of injera made from flours of tef (control) and E. curvula, each combined with 0%, 5%, and 10% of sorghum flour, were assessed using a tasting panel. Department of Conservation and Land Management. In northern, Australia, both seed survival during the dry season and, seedling survival during the wet season were both greater, in unburnt plots compared to biennially burnt plots (Mott, 1985). stocking rates on the bankenveld: 1. Adaptation of a decreaser, and an increaser grass species to defoliation in semi-arid, Danckwerts JE, Stuart-Hill GC. 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