Improving Harvesting Techniques to Ensure Sphagnum Regeneration in Chilean Peatlands

Sphagnum species, primarily Sphagnum magellanicum Brid., are used internationally as a substrate for horticulture. Market demands have promoted indiscriminate exploitation leading to a number of potentially negative ecological and social consequences, including disruption of Sphagnum ecosystems, cha...

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Autores principales:	Diaz,Maria F, Silva,Wladimir
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA 2012
Materias:	Sphagnum moss sustainable management wetlands
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-583920120002000212018-10-01Improving Harvesting Techniques to Ensure Sphagnum Regeneration in Chilean PeatlandsDiaz,Maria FSilva,Wladimir Sphagnum moss sustainable management wetlands Sphagnum species, primarily Sphagnum magellanicum Brid., are used internationally as a substrate for horticulture. Market demands have promoted indiscriminate exploitation leading to a number of potentially negative ecological and social consequences, including disruption of Sphagnum ecosystems, changes in water storage capacity of moss wetlands affecting water supply to rural communities and reduction of biodiversity. This study proposes improvements in harvesting techniques to ensure moss regeneration and promote sustainability of moss cover in harvested areas. The aim of this study was to determine the maximum harvesting depth for moss regeneration. Samples were taken and divided into sections associated with different depths. We recorded and marked the number of new green shoots of Sphagnum monthly. We found a negative relation between regeneration (appearance of new shoots) and depth. Our studies showed that 90% of new shoots recorded in 6-mo of measurements appeared within the first 12 cm depth. This work allowed us to generate some practical recommendations to farmers about maximum harvesting depth. To ensure regeneration, we recommend harvesting up to 12 cm below surface.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessInstituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIAChilean journal of agricultural research v.72 n.2 20122012-06-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-58392012000200021en10.4067/S0718-58392012000200021
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description	Sphagnum species, primarily Sphagnum magellanicum Brid., are used internationally as a substrate for horticulture. Market demands have promoted indiscriminate exploitation leading to a number of potentially negative ecological and social consequences, including disruption of Sphagnum ecosystems, changes in water storage capacity of moss wetlands affecting water supply to rural communities and reduction of biodiversity. This study proposes improvements in harvesting techniques to ensure moss regeneration and promote sustainability of moss cover in harvested areas. The aim of this study was to determine the maximum harvesting depth for moss regeneration. Samples were taken and divided into sections associated with different depths. We recorded and marked the number of new green shoots of Sphagnum monthly. We found a negative relation between regeneration (appearance of new shoots) and depth. Our studies showed that 90% of new shoots recorded in 6-mo of measurements appeared within the first 12 cm depth. This work allowed us to generate some practical recommendations to farmers about maximum harvesting depth. To ensure regeneration, we recommend harvesting up to 12 cm below surface.
author	Diaz,Maria F Silva,Wladimir
author_facet	Diaz,Maria F Silva,Wladimir
author_sort	Diaz,Maria F
title	Improving Harvesting Techniques to Ensure Sphagnum Regeneration in Chilean Peatlands
title_short	Improving Harvesting Techniques to Ensure Sphagnum Regeneration in Chilean Peatlands
title_full	Improving Harvesting Techniques to Ensure Sphagnum Regeneration in Chilean Peatlands
title_fullStr	Improving Harvesting Techniques to Ensure Sphagnum Regeneration in Chilean Peatlands
title_full_unstemmed	Improving Harvesting Techniques to Ensure Sphagnum Regeneration in Chilean Peatlands
title_sort	improving harvesting techniques to ensure sphagnum regeneration in chilean peatlands
publisher	Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA
publishDate	2012
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Improving Harvesting Techniques to Ensure Sphagnum Regeneration in Chilean Peatlands

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