DEGEO - Departamento de Geologia
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Item Native grass sod and plug production as an alternative technique to restore neotropical rupestrian grassland after mining.(2023) Figueiredo, Maurílio Assis; Messias, Maria Cristina Teixeira Braga; Leite, Mariangela Garcia Praça; Kozovits, Alessandra RodriguesDespite the importance of grasses in the structure and functioning of tropical grasslands, there is still a lack of efficient and economically viable techniques to produce and introduce grasses in restoration projects. Here, we evaluated the sod and plug-plant production and planting of a native grass from Brazilian rupestrian grasslands, Sporobolus metallicolus, in a post-bauxite mining. To produce the sod, we used post-mining substrate and its mixture with commercial substrate. Then, we sowed 270 seeds of S. metallicolus on a 4-cm layer of substrate in 144-cm2 trays. Eighty days after sowing, we subdivided the contents of each tray (substrate + plant) into 4 × 3–cm plug-plants. Plug-plants were planted in the degraded area with and without the incorporation of litter from an adjacent conserved rupestrian grassland. We also evaluated the cost of production of each plug-plant. The mixture of substrates provided greater plant growth and rooting, obtaining plug-plants with an average of 13 individuals, dry mass of 270 mg, and estimated cost of US$ 0.0045. In the degraded area, the addition of litter increased shoot biomass gain. Plant survival was 100% with and without litter addition and the plants started seed dispersal at 7 months after planting. The production of S. metallicolus plugs with the mixed substrate and the growth of plants in the post-mined area showed promising results and reduced costs, indicating technical and financial feasibility. The presented techniques can be an option for introducing grasses in degraded areas and optimize the use of seeds.Item Direct seeding in the restoration of post-mined campo rupestre : germination and establishment of 14 native species.(2021) Figueiredo, Maurílio Assis; Messias, Maria Cristina Teixeira Braga; Leite, Mariangela Garcia Praça; Kozovits, Alessandra RodriguesDirect seeding in the restoration of degraded areas requires less financial investment and facilitates the use of greater diversity of species from different functional groups than traditional planting of seedlings. However, the application of this technique in the ecological restoration of post-mined areas in grassland environments is still poorly investigated. This study evaluated seed germination under controlled conditions, seedling establishment and associated costs of 14 species native to the Brazilian campos rupestres through direct seeding in a post-mined area. The effects of the incorporation of plant material (litter) to the degraded substrate on plant establishment were also measured. Under controlled conditions, 64% (9 out of 14) of the evaluated species showed germinability between 30 and 77%. Under field conditions, one year after, it was observed that the incorporation of plant litter to the substrate allowed the establishment of 49 individuals m− 2 of nine species, four of which with establishment percentage and cost per seedling of, respectively, 1.4–6.2% and US$ 0.006–0.09. In the other treatments, no significant plant establishment was observed. Despite the low percentage of establishment, direct seeding combined with the incorporation of plant litter to the substrate allowed the revegetation of a post-mined area with viable cost. The use of suitable species for direct seeding combined with techniques that promote improvements in substrate conditions is critical to increase establishment success using direct seeding in the ecological restoration of campos rupestres post-mined areas. Further studies on techniques to improve substrate quality and seed germination of native species of campos rupestres are required