Open AccessEnvironmental and floristic analysis of undesired plants on the railway formation canvas
Author(s) -
S.A Dontsov,
L F Drozdova
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1151/1/012023
Subject(s) - vegetation (pathology) , ballast , floristics , abiotic component , environmental science , track (disk drive) , ecology , engineering , biology , species richness , medicine , mechanical engineering , pathology
Negative effects caused by the vegetation of unwanted plants on the railway track skeleton have been studied. The ballast prism is shown to be a potentially areal for a vegetation of specific plants under particular effects of biotic and abiotic factors. The phytoindication technique was used to estimate the plants vegetation in the railroads with different volumes of traffic. The typical plants species and the average degree of the manifestation in the photoautotroph areal have been determined. To improve efficiency of the weed control measures, various forms of herbicides have been tested. The paper reports techniques for the environmental and floristic analysis of unwanted plants that grow in the tie cribs and provides recommendations on how to avoid an appearance of those plants. These measures ensure a stable operation of the railway infrastructure.