Vol. 7, Issue 4 (2019)
Influence of different cropping system on carbon sequestration and soil organic carbon stock after eight years in loamy sand
Author(s): KM Patel, PK Patel, KN Patel, HL Chaudhari and SA Patel
Abstract: Most of agricultural soils contain lower soil organic carbon pools than their counterparts under natural ecosystems. The rate of decomposition of soil organic matter is generally higher in tropical than in temperate climate. However, crop species also play an important role in maintaining soil organic carbon pools, through the quality and quantity of the residues that are returned to the soil in different cropping system. The CO2 sequestration was estimated from carbon content in different cropping system of AICRP – IFS, Sardarkrushinagar. The CO2 sequestration of different cropping system did not exhibit momentous difference among the different cropping system but, the higher value of CO2 sequestration and SOC stock was noted under Greengram – Mustard – Pearlmillet cropping system (1.89 and 9.21 Mg/ha, respectively) while, horticulture system recorded lowest CO2 sequestration and SOC stock (1.37 and 8.70 Mg/ha, respectively) over other cropping system of experiment.
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KM Patel, PK Patel, KN Patel, HL Chaudhari, SA Patel. Influence of different cropping system on carbon sequestration and soil organic carbon stock after eight years in loamy sand. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(4):497-499.
