Qualitative Analysis of the Effect of Weeds Removal in Paddy Ecosystems in Fallow Season

Leru Zhou, Zhigang Liu and Tiejun Zhou

Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 2020, vol. 2020, 1-12

Abstract:

In the paper, we introduce a differential equations model of paddy ecosystems in the fallow season to study the effect of weeds removal from the paddy fields. We found that there is an unstable equilibrium of the extinction of weeds and herbivores in the system. When the intensity of weeds removal meets certain conditions and the intrinsic growth rate of herbivores is higher than their excretion rate, there is a coexistence equilibrium state in the system. By linearizing the system and using the Routh–Hurwitz criterion, we obtained the local asymptotically stable conditions of the coexistence equilibrium state. The critical value formula of the Hopf bifurcation is presented too. The model demonstrates that weeds removal from paddy fields could largely reduce the weeds biomass in the equilibrium state, but it also decreases the herbivore biomass, which probably reduces the content of inorganic fertilizer in the soil. We found a particular intensity of weeds removal that could result in the minimum content of inorganic fertilizer, suggesting weeds removal should be kept away from this intensity.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1155/2020/8716314

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