ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2025
Meta-Analysis of Mixed Sowing Effects on Forage Yield and Water Use Efficiency in China: Influencing Factors and Optimal Conditions.
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Mixed sowing of forage grass can reduce soil erosion, improving forage nutritional composition, enhancing grassland productivity, and increasing community stability. It addresses issues faced by sown pasture, including a lack of diversity in planting patterns, low resource utilization efficiency, and poor sustainability. However, the effects of mixed sowing on forage yield and water use efficiency (WUE) vary depending on regional environmental conditions, management practices, and temporal factors. Based on publicly available field experiment data, this study utilized meta-analysis to quantitatively examine the effects of mixed sowing on forage yield and WUE in China. Additionally, a random forest model was employed to analyze the main influencing factors. The results showed that, compared with monoculture, mixed sowing significantly improved forage yield and WUE, with average increases of 58.3% (confidence interval: 44.3-72.3%) and 32.0% (confidence interval: 19.2-44.8%), respectively. Regarding yield, the effect of mixed sowing was the most pronounced in Shaanxi. Optimal conditions included experiments conducted during 2006-2008, annual precipitation of 200-600 mm, soil pH of 4-5, average annual temperature of 10-15 °C, altitudes below 2000 m, alfalfa (
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