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Web URL(s): | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00725560.1979.9648856?needAccess=true Last checked: 07/18/2018 Requires: PDF Reader Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website |
Publication Type:
| Proceedings |
Author(s): | Miles, N.;
Tainton, N. M. |
Author Affiliation: | Dep. of Pasture Sci., Natal Univ., Pietermaritzburg 3200, South Africa |
Title: | Establishing vegetation on kimberlite mine tailings: 1. Defining the problem and selecting species |
Source: | Proceedings of the Annual Congresses of the GrasslandSociety of Southern Africa. 1979, p. 37-41. |
Publishing Information: | Pretoria: Grassland Society of Southern Africa |
Related Web URL: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00725560.1979.9648856 Last checked: 07/18/2018 Notes: Abstract only |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Land reclamation; Sorghum bicolor; Chloris gayana; Cynodon aethiopicus; Cynodon dactylon; Paspalum vaginatum; Eragrostis curvula; Melilotus albus; Medicago sativa; Establishment
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Geographic Terms: | South Africa |
Abstract/Contents: | Natural revegetation of kimberlite tailings deposited after extraction at Cullinan in the Transvaal was extremely slow. Laboratory studies showed that the high alkalinity (pH = 9.8 in water), lack of available N and P and a poor moisture retention arising from the coarse texture and dark grey color were the principal limitations to plant establishment. Remarkable responses to N and P were obtained in a greenhouse trial in which sorghum was used as an indicator crop. In the presence of added N and P and with enhanced moisture conditions, several spp. showed promise. The most successful of these were Chloris gayana, Cynodon aethiopicus, Cynodon dactylon, Paspalum vaginatum, Eragrostis curvula, Melilotus alba and Medicago sativa. |
Language: | English |
References: | 14 |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Miles, N., and N. M. Tainton. 1979. Establishing vegetation on kimberlite mine tailings: 1. Defining the problem and selecting species. p. 37-41. In Proceedings of the Annual Congresses of the GrasslandSociety of Southern Africa. Pretoria: Grassland Society of Southern Africa. |
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