scholarly journals Utilization of Common Reed (Phragmites australis) as Bedding for Housed Suckler Cows: Practical and Economic Aspects for Farmers

Resources ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 140
Author(s):  
Daphné Durant ◽  
Anne Farruggia ◽  
Alexandre Tricheur
Keyword(s):  
Phragmites Australis ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Good Alternative ◽  
Common Reed ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
National Research Institute ◽  
Cereal Straw ◽  
The Common ◽  
Reed Bed

The common reed (Phragmites australis) has long been used in wetlands of the French Atlantic coast as fodder and bedding or roof thatching, among other uses. This article explores the practical and economic aspects of utilizing common reed for housing suckler cows compared to straw. Based on a study conducted over two years on a research farm of the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE), located in the marshes of Rochefort-sur-Mer, we show that reed is a good alternative to cereal straw and its cost is quite competitive compared to straw; the closer the reed bed is to the farm, the more competitive it is. By mobilizing the concept of restoration of natural capital, we lay the foundations for a debate on a possible revival of this ancient practice, with the idea that ecological restoration of reed beds can benefit biodiversity and the economy of wetlands farms.

Reed stands in constructed wetlands: “edge effect” and photochemical efficiency of PS II in common reed

1997 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 143-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Urbanc-Bercic ◽  
Alenka Gaberšcik
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transport ◽  
Solar Radiation ◽  
Phragmites Australis ◽  
Constructed Wetlands ◽  
Photochemical Efficiency ◽  
Common Reed ◽  
Ps Ii ◽  
Ets Activity ◽  
The Common ◽  
Reed Bed

In this study an attempt has been made to estimate the vitality of the common reed (Phragmites australis) grown in the constructed wetland. The efficiency of solar radiation uptake of leaves was measured and terminal electron transport system (ETS) activity of roots was determined in specimens from different locations on the reed bed. The results showed that photochemical efficiency of PS II, expressed as FvFm ratio, was higher in plants growing in the middle of the well established stand, but it was lower in plants growing in the area permanently flooded with leachate, where plants were significantly lower. Potential respiration of roots on the vertical rhizome decreases with depth, while it showed slight variations when determined at the same depth, but in plants from different locations within three beds of RBTS.

scholarly journals Cosmopolitan Species As Models for Ecophysiological Responses to Global Change: The Common Reed Phragmites australis

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franziska Eller ◽  
Hana Skálová ◽  
Joshua S. Caplan ◽  
Ganesh P. Bhattarai ◽  
Melissa K. Burger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Change ◽  
Phragmites Australis ◽  
Common Reed ◽  
Cosmopolitan Species ◽  
Ecophysiological Responses ◽  
The Common

Grasses as appropriate targets in weed biocontrol: is the common reed, Phragmites australis, an anomaly?

BioControl ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 391-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Casagrande ◽  
Patrick Häfliger ◽  
Hariet L. Hinz ◽  
Lisa Tewksbury ◽  
Bernd Blossey
Keyword(s):  
Phragmites Australis ◽  
Common Reed ◽  
Weed Biocontrol ◽  
The Common

Tapesia evilescens. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. Minter
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Phragmites Australis ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Common Reed ◽  
The Common

Abstract A description is provided for Tapesia evilescens, a saprobe on dead stems of grasses, particularly the common reed (Phragmites australis). Some information on its substrata, habitat, dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (Europe (Finland, Netherlands, Ukraine, UK)).

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