Grassland restoration on former croplands offers good opportunity to mitigate the loss of
grassland biodiversity. Weed suppression can be another benefit, which becomes
increasingly important because of the high recent rate of abandonment of arable lands in
Central and Eastern Europe. Our aim was to evaluate the usefulness of sowing two low-
diversity seed mixtures followed by annual mowing, a frequently used restoration technique,
in weed suppression. We found that rapidly forming cover of sown grasses effectively …