Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: Carbon sequestration potential of eight recommended land-use systems of arid western Rajasthan was compared.Biomass C stock was maximum in farm forestry of Acacia tortilis (31.4 Mg C ha -1 ) followed by Prosopis cineraria and Hardwickia binata based silvoarable systems (8.8 and 10.6 Mg C ha -1 ).Soil C stock was also maximum in farm forestry (47.6 Mg C ha -1 ) followed by Ziziphus based systems (32.5-33.9Mg C ha -1 ).About 50-78% of additional soil C stock was in the form of soil inorganic carbon.The total C sequestered (biomass + soil) over a period of nineteen years was in the order: farm forestry (49.80) > silvoarable systems (11.0-13.3)> hortipasture system (8.3)> agri-horti (5.5), silvopasture (5.4) and sole pasture (5.3) compared to -1.0 Mg C ha -1 in sole cropping.
Source: Current Science
Authors: S. P. S. Tanwar, Praveen Kumar, Archana Verma, R. K. Bhatt, Akath Singh, Kanhaiya Lal, M. Patidar, B. K. Mathur
Institution: Central Arid Zone Research Institute
Language: English
Subfield: Forestry
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3000392846