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Improving Restoration Efficiency by Modeling Optimal Sowing Periods: A Case Study of Two Native Plants and Restoration of a Site
- Source :
- Plants, Vol 10, Iss 1506, p 1506 (2021), Plants, Volume 10, Issue 8
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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Abstract
- Efficient ecological restoration techniques are urgently required to minimize seed consumption and labor requirements. Here, we determined the optimal sowing period for two native species, Agastache rugosa (Korean mint) and Astilbe rubra (False goat’s beard), toward their use for ecological restoration of Mt. Gariwang, a site damaged by the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics’ activities. We investigated the effects of daily mean temperature (DMT) and daily temperature range (DTR) on seed germination percentage, which decreased for both species with decreasing DTR and was optimal at a DMT of 25 °C and 17.5 °C for A. rugosa and A. rubra, respectively. We developed a single multiple regression equation that evaluated the effects of DMT and DTR simultaneously and determined the temperature scores when the germination percentage reached 85%. We applied the developed multiple regression equation by analyzing the temperature data of the restoration site. In addition, precipitation data analysis was added to set the optimal sowing period. As a result, the optimal sowing period for the two species was determined from May 21 to the end of May. This makes it possible to minimize seed consumption and labor requirements when sowing seeds. The model developed herein will be useful not only to guide the ecological restoration of Mt. Gariwang, but also for other regions using site-specific temperature data.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
ecological restoration
seed germination
Astilbe rubra
Introduced species
Agastache rugosa
Plant Science
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
Article
daily mean temperature
Restoration ecology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Mathematics
Multiple regression equation
Ecology
biology
Botany
Sowing
Native plant
biology.organism_classification
Mt. Gariwang
Agronomy
Germination
QK1-989
optimal sowing period
daily temperature range
010606 plant biology & botany
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22237747
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 1506
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Plants
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0b40755386cf5441334575ac29c613c5