Ojija, Fredrick, Arnold, Sarah E.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 and Treydte, Arnold C. (2021) Plant competition as an ecosystem-based management tool for suppressing Parthenium hysterophorus in rangelands. Rangelands, 43 (2). pp. 57-64. ISSN 0190-0528 (Print), 1551-501X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2020.12.004)

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Abstract

The exotic invasive plant Parthenium hysterophorus is invading rangelands in Africa while causing negative effects on the biodiversity, environment, economy, and human and animal health because eco-friendly control methods are lacking.

We conducted experiments to investigate the suppressive effects of forage legume plant species; Desmodium intortum (Fabaceae), Lablab purpureus (Fabaceae), and Medicago sativa (Fabaceae) in suppressing the growth of Parthenium hysterophorus.

Parthenium hysterophorus growth was suppressed when grown with fodder plant species at high density. However, the effect was mediated by the presence of Lablab purpureus.

Our work highlights the importance of competitive native plant diversity and density in rangeland management.

Moreover, this control method could be part of an integrated control toolkit being deployed in a community-based approach in other countries.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This is not a perfect AAM (journal required some editing of SI units to comply with journal formatting/editorial policy) but later edits don't change the content. I can't get an absolute final AAM from the author at the moment.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	biocontrol, sustainable agriculture, bioherbicide, plant competition, invasive plant, fodder crop
Subjects:	S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute > Agriculture, Health & Environment Department Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute > Pest Behaviour Research Group
Last Modified:	16 Feb 2022 16:33
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/31234

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