Ecorestoration of Banni Grassland - Global Restoration Network

Chloris barbata, Echinocloa sp., and
Dichanthium annulatum increased tremendously
in the ploughed area than the unploughed area
(Table 21 and Figure 15).
The increase in productivity of these species was;
221 and 692 per cent for Cenchrus sp., 96 and 149
per cent for Chloris barbata, 26.5 and 442 per cent
for Echinocloa sp. and 23 and 60 per cent for
Dichanthium annulatum. Contrary to this, increase
in Sporobolus productivity was higher in
unploughed area (216 per cent) than in ploughed
area (104 percent). Table 21: Productivity (kg /
Ecorestoration of
Banni Grassland
Table 21: Productivity (kg / ha) of Few Grass Species at Dhordo (under various amendments)
S. No Species
ha) of Few Grass Species at Dhordo (under
various amendments)
5.6.2 Biomass Productivity at Bhirandiyara
Site
The biomass in the restoration site gradually
increased from October to December; 1115.9
kg/ha in October to 2228.7 kg/ha in December
(Figure 16) and thus, showed an increase of
99.7 per cent whereas it decreased to 31.5 per
cent in the unprotected area (Table 22). Among
the five sub-compartments (unploughed, ploughed,
broad slope -0.3m height x 5m wide, narrow vertical
slope-0.5m height x 3m wide and narrow horizontal
slope - 0.5m height x 3m wide) of the restoration
site, narrow slopes showed a maximum increase of
biomass between October and December; 279.6 per
cent in vertical slopes and 171.9 per cent in
horizontal slopes. This was followed by
unploughed area (112.8 per cent), broad slopes (42.9
per cent) and ploughed area (25.9 per cent). This
indicating clearly that the recovery of saline area in
narrow steep slopes was faster. The biomass
Unploughed Ploughed
% Difference
Sep nov
Sep nov
% Difference
1 Cyperus sp. 242.1 211.7 -12.6 261.1 152.7 -41.5
2 Chloris barbata 109.2 213.8 95.8 81.9 215.9 149.0
3 Sporobolus sp. 424.7 1341.9 216.0 277.8 567.1 104.1
4 Setaria sp. 321.6 85.9 -73.3 90.8 93.5 2.9
5 Aeluropus sp. 26.1 244.2 835.6 16.6 110.7 566.9
6 Eragrostis sp. 333.3 352.4 5.7 117.5 88.6 -24.6
7 Gandhiro 0.0 74.8 100.0 20.8 69.6 234.6
8 Echinocloa sp. 86.9 109.9 26.5 51.0 276.2 441.6
9 Cenchrus sp. 90.1 289.0 220.7 64.2 508.7 692.4
10 Dactyloctenium sp. 153.5 3.3 -97.8 111.0 0.0 -100
11 Tetrapogan sp. 19.8 50.4 154.5 50.2 15.3 -69.5
12 Dichanthium sp. 130.1 159.6 22.7 144.0 230.2 59.9
Total Biomass 1937.4 3136.9 61.9 1286.9 2328.5 80.9
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