Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture (한국환경농학회지)

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Selection of Indicator Plants to Evaluate the Effects of Agri-environmental Conservation Program: On the Rice Paddy Fields in South Korea

농업환경보전프로그램의 효과 검증을 위한 지표식물 선정: 논 생태계를 대상으로

  • Kim, Myung-Hyun (Climate Change & Evaluation Division, Department of Agricultural Environment, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Kim, Min-Kyeong (Climate Change & Evaluation Division, Department of Agricultural Environment, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Choi, Soon-Kun (Climate Change & Evaluation Division, Department of Agricultural Environment, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Eo, Jinu (Climate Change & Evaluation Division, Department of Agricultural Environment, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Yeob, So-Jin (Climate Change & Evaluation Division, Department of Agricultural Environment, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Bang, Jeong Hwan (Climate Change & Evaluation Division, Department of Agricultural Environment, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration)
  • 김명현 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농업환경부 기후변화평가과) ;
  • 김민경 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농업환경부 기후변화평가과) ;
  • 최순군 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농업환경부 기후변화평가과) ;
  • 어진우 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농업환경부 기후변화평가과) ;
  • 엽소진 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농업환경부 기후변화평가과) ;
  • 방정환 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농업환경부 기후변화평가과)
  • Received : 2021.07.22
  • Accepted : 2021.09.12
  • Published : 2021.09.30
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs is promoting agri-environment conservation program to induce farmers to participate in agricultural environment improvement and conservation activities. However, assessment tools based on scientific evidence are needed to determine the effectiveness of the program objectively and quantitatively. Therefore, this study was performed to develop plant indicators in order to efficiently evaluate the effects of the agri-environment conservation program promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. METHODS AND RESULTS: The survey was conducted in five regions (Hampyeong, Boryeong, Mungyeong, Hongseong, and Sangju) participating in the agri-eonvironment conservation program. In each region, twenty paddy fields were investigated (ten paddy fields included in the program and ten paddy fields not included in the program). A total of 231 taxa vascular plants were identified in the paddy fields that were included in the agri-environment conservation program, and a total of 177 taxa were identified in the paddy fields that were not included. The average species number occurred on each field was 55.8 taxa in the fields included in the program, and 35.0 taxa in the fields not included in the program. The difference in occurring plants between two groups was found to be more higher in perennial plants than in annual plants. We selected the six groups as indicator plants through five criteria such as perennial plants and broadly occurring species, etc. to verify the effectiveness of the agri-environment conservation program: Taraxacum spp., Ixeris spp., Viola spp., Platago spp., Calystegia spp., and rare and endagered species. There was a high positive correlation between the score calculated using these indicator plants and the total number of plants species. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that it is possible to evaluate the agro-ecological environment by using indicator plants. The selected indicator plants can be effectively used to verify the effectiveness of projects such as agri-environmental conservation programs in the future.

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Acknowledgement

This study was carried out with the support of "Cooperative Research Program for Agricultural Science & Technology Development (Project No. PJ01480801)", Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea.

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