One of the species candidates to rehabilitate arid rangelands of Morocco is Artemisia herba-alba Asso. （white Wormwood）. Unfortunately, overgrazing is by far the most important factor causing the reduction of cover ...One of the species candidates to rehabilitate arid rangelands of Morocco is Artemisia herba-alba Asso. （white Wormwood）. Unfortunately, overgrazing is by far the most important factor causing the reduction of cover and disappearance of this plant. In order to assess the effect of season and grazing on the recovery ofA. herba-alba Asso., plants of similar size were collected from Gourrama region and transplanted in the Experimental Station of Errachidia. These plants were submitted to different clipping heights （Cl = 8 cm, C2 = 15 cm, C3 = 25 cm） during two growing periods： autumn （stage of seed filling） and spring （before the starting of flowering）. Mean results show highly significant （P 〈 0.01） differences between the three treatments during the two periods. The increase of the plant volume clipped influences the performances of production and regrowth, the study has shown that the cutting level C 1 affect negatively the Artemisia performances, in fact 60% of plants cut at this height have died after the second clipping against 25% for C2 and 4.2% for C3. The parameters of growth and modular dynamic of branches are also affected by the cutting height C 1. The phytomass produced after the first cutting results in highly significant differences （P 〈 0.0 l） between the three cutting heights. Finally, the study demonstrated that for better regrowth, the taller height C3 is the most convenient for white Wormwood during the two periods, but the cutting height C2 can also be adopted for the autumn period.展开更多
Little thought has been given to threats facing plant diversity in this area where many wild plants still exist in their refuge sites in valleys （wadis）, the study area harboring most of the endemic species in the z...Little thought has been given to threats facing plant diversity in this area where many wild plants still exist in their refuge sites in valleys （wadis）, the study area harboring most of the endemic species in the zone, and there are substantial maquis vegetation still remaining. Many plants species in this region have medicinal properties that give them scientific and commercial value. However, the wildlife species are gradually disappearing as a result of damaging and excessive resource exploitation the consistency of the irresponsible and inattentive activities, such as over grazing, ploughing, land reclamation, urbanization, mining, forest fires, over collecting and charcoal production cause damage to several habitats, communities disturbance as a result of that, hundreds of species are threatened with disappearance where many are at the brink of extinction. Also, the anthropogenic pressure accelerates Aeolian soil erosion and destroys the soil seed bank.展开更多
文摘One of the species candidates to rehabilitate arid rangelands of Morocco is Artemisia herba-alba Asso. （white Wormwood）. Unfortunately, overgrazing is by far the most important factor causing the reduction of cover and disappearance of this plant. In order to assess the effect of season and grazing on the recovery ofA. herba-alba Asso., plants of similar size were collected from Gourrama region and transplanted in the Experimental Station of Errachidia. These plants were submitted to different clipping heights （Cl = 8 cm, C2 = 15 cm, C3 = 25 cm） during two growing periods： autumn （stage of seed filling） and spring （before the starting of flowering）. Mean results show highly significant （P 〈 0.01） differences between the three treatments during the two periods. The increase of the plant volume clipped influences the performances of production and regrowth, the study has shown that the cutting level C 1 affect negatively the Artemisia performances, in fact 60% of plants cut at this height have died after the second clipping against 25% for C2 and 4.2% for C3. The parameters of growth and modular dynamic of branches are also affected by the cutting height C 1. The phytomass produced after the first cutting results in highly significant differences （P 〈 0.0 l） between the three cutting heights. Finally, the study demonstrated that for better regrowth, the taller height C3 is the most convenient for white Wormwood during the two periods, but the cutting height C2 can also be adopted for the autumn period.
文摘Little thought has been given to threats facing plant diversity in this area where many wild plants still exist in their refuge sites in valleys （wadis）, the study area harboring most of the endemic species in the zone, and there are substantial maquis vegetation still remaining. Many plants species in this region have medicinal properties that give them scientific and commercial value. However, the wildlife species are gradually disappearing as a result of damaging and excessive resource exploitation the consistency of the irresponsible and inattentive activities, such as over grazing, ploughing, land reclamation, urbanization, mining, forest fires, over collecting and charcoal production cause damage to several habitats, communities disturbance as a result of that, hundreds of species are threatened with disappearance where many are at the brink of extinction. Also, the anthropogenic pressure accelerates Aeolian soil erosion and destroys the soil seed bank.
