Managing the development of nurse plant species to improve tree growth and soil fertility in Mediterranean areas

Duponnois Robin, Hafidi Mohamed, Thioulouse Jean, Galiana Antoine, Ouahmane Lahcen, Dreyfus Bernard, Prin Yves. 2008. Managing the development of nurse plant species to improve tree growth and soil fertility in Mediterranean areas. In : The 13th Congress of the African Association for Biological Nitrogen Fixation, satellite workshop on Mycorrhiza, December 15th - 18th 2008, Hammamet, Tunisia : book of abstracts. CBBC, AABNF, Tunisian Association for Biotechnology. Hammam Lif : CBBC, Résumé, 118. AABNF Congress. 13, Hammamet, Tunisie, 15 Décembre 2008/18 Décembre 2008.

Résumé : In the Mediterranean basin, overexploitation has lead to the loss of most primeval forests and an increase of the surface area covered by shrublands that represent stages of degradation of mature forests. In this context, huma n intervention is usually necessary to improve recovery of woodlands . Refforestation is a common practice in Mediterranean areas to achieve this objective but its performances are very low with high rates of early mortality making this practice unprofitable in ecological as well as economic terms. In degraded semiarid ecosystems, shrub and tallgrass species grow following a patchy distribution . Traditionally, shrubs growing near to newly planted trees are considered heavy competitors, and consequently removed before planting. However the vegetation patches usually constitute "fertility islands" or "resource islands" which could promote the tree species development. It has been previously assessed that some native plant species could act as "nurse plants " through their positive impacts on soil abiotic characteristics (i .e . soil nutrient contents) but also through their positive influence on soil microbiota, especially on symbiotic microorganisms (rhizobia and mycorrhizal fungi) . The main results showing the beneficial effects of these plant nurses on the growth of Mediterranean tree species (i .e . Cupressus spp. & Piaus halepensis), on the soil bio-functioning are reported and the benefits of using native plant species to rehabilitate degraded areas especially in stressful] conditions are underlined. (Texte integral)

Classification Agris : F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture
K01 - Foresterie - Considérations générales
P34 - Biologie du sol
P35 - Fertilité du sol

Auteurs et affiliations

• Duponnois Robin, IRD (SEN)
• Hafidi Mohamed, Université Cadi Ayyad (MAR)
• Thioulouse Jean, CNRS (FRA)
• Galiana Antoine, CIRAD-BIOS-UMR LSTM (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0002-5293-5049
• Ouahmane Lahcen, Université Cadi Ayyad (MAR)
• Dreyfus Bernard, IRD (FRA)
• Prin Yves, CIRAD-BIOS-UMR LSTM (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0002-3706-0045

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