Giaccio GCM1, P Laterra2, VC Aparicio3, JL Costa3
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.85, pp. 108-116, 2016, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2016.85.108
Abstract In this study, we examined some aspects regarding the effect of willow trees (Salix fragilis L.) invasion of grassland riparian environments in the Argentinean Pampas on the runoff reduction, sedimentation and glyphosate retention in the riparian vegetation strip (RVS). To assess the influence of willows on the filtering mechanisms, we performed runoff simulation experiments in plots of 1.5 x 2.5 m, in coastal environments characterized by the presence of willows or the lack of trees. Despite the short length of the experimental plots, the retention of glyphosate in the controls, with no trees, was higher and… More >