Variation of biomass characteristics of Capparis spinosa L. under the influence of different management

Recognition of plant characteristics is the first step in recognizing patterns in vegetation and how they respond to environmental conditions. Therefore, plant characteristics (Biomass traits) of Capparis spinosa species were investigated. This species is one of the main elements of the Marjandian plant communities and the relatively humid slopes of the semi-arid semi-dry mountain rangelands of the Azarbaijan region of Iran in the northwest, whose fruit is used as a by-product with medicinal and medicinal properties. In order to investigate the effect of the type of management (grazing exclusion and non-exclusion) on plant characteristics, a representative mass in the enclosure and a similar reagent mass in terms of the physiographic state were considered in the outside of the enclosure. In each of the representative masses, systematic random sampling was performed on 40 square-meter plots that were located along the four 100-meter transects. At the same time, the vegetative characteristics of five plant bases that were healthy and juicy were measured in each of the masses. To compare the effect of management type on plant characteristics, two independent samples were used for the t-test. Based on the results, among the 10 plant characteristics, only the average weight of 10 leaflets and an average weight of each leaflet of the inside and outside of the enclosure were significantly different. The values of all the measured characteristics are more inwardly enclosed than the outside, which indicates the positive effect of capture on plant characteristics. The results of the research are applicable to the preservation, rehabilitation, and development of this species as a multifunctional plant and a sub-producer in rangeland areas. Meanwhile, measured traits are the essential requirements for calculating the diversity of performance

Keywords:

Plant characteristics , Marne lands , Semi-arid rangelands , Grazing exclusion