Effects of Various Vineyard Floor Management Techniques on Weed Community Shifts and Grapevine Water Relations

2016 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. L. Steenwerth ◽  
A. Calderon-Orellana ◽  
R. C. Hanifin ◽  
C. Storm ◽  
A. J. McElrone
Keyword(s):  
Water Relations ◽  
Community Shifts ◽  
Management Techniques ◽  
Vineyard Floor Management

Wolf plant effects on water relations, growth and productivity in crested wheatgrass

1994 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 767-771 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. T. Romo
Keyword(s):  
Water Relations ◽  
Water Status ◽  
Reproductive Development ◽  
Grazing Management ◽  
Crested Wheatgrass ◽  
Whole Plant ◽  
Plant Effects ◽  
Management Techniques ◽  
Grazing Capacity

When improperly managed in pastures, crested wheatgrass (Agropyron desertorum (Fischer ex Link) Schultes) develops wolf plants because of the long-term persistence of inflorescences. The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that the wolf plants have no effect on the growth and water relations of grazed or subordinate plants in crested wheatgrass. Treatments applied to wolf plants included killing with glyphosate, mowing to a 10-cm stubble, killing with glyphosate + mowing to a 10-cm stubble, and a control. Rates of vegetative and reproductive development, tiller and whole plant weights, tiller replacement and xylem water potentials of leaves were determined for subordinate plants for 2–3 yr following treatment. The presence of wolf plants had no consistent effect on the water relations or on growth of subordinate plants of crested wheatgrass. Because they play no apparent beneficial role in the water status and productivity of crested wheatgrass, management techniques should be implemented to exploit the forage produced by wolf plants. Accessing this forage can substantially increase the grazing capacity of crested wheatgrass pastures. Key words:Agropyron desertorum (Fischer ex Link) Schultes, grazing management, pasture improvement, plant water relations

Guilty Pleasure No More

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 126-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin L. Nabi ◽  
Debora Pérez Torres ◽  
Abby Prestin
Keyword(s):  
Stress Management ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Individual Difference Variables ◽  
Relative Value ◽  
Management Techniques ◽  
Managing Stress

Abstract. Despite the substantial attention paid to stress management in the extant coping literature, media use has been surprisingly overlooked as a strategy worthy of close examination. Although media scholars have suggested media use may be driven by a need to relax, related research has been sporadic and, until recently, disconnected from the larger conversation about stress management. The present research aimed to determine the relative value of media use within the broader range of coping strategies. Based on surveys of both students and breast cancer patients, media use emerged as one of the most frequently selected strategies for managing stress across a range of personality and individual difference variables. Further, heavier television consumers and those with higher perceived stress were also more likely to use media for coping purposes. Finally, those who choose media for stress management reported it to be an effective tool, although perhaps not as effective as other popular strategies. This research not only documents the centrality of media use in the corpus of stress management techniques, thus highlighting the value of academic inquiry into media-based coping, but it also offers evidence supporting the positive role media use can play in promoting psychological well-being.

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