Biomass production and C-sequestration of Gmelina arborea in plantation and agroforestry system in India

2005 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 181-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.L. Swamy ◽  
Sunil Puri
Keyword(s):  
Biomass Production ◽  
C Sequestration ◽  
Agroforestry System ◽  
Gmelina Arborea

scholarly journals Production and Regression Models for Biomass and Carbon Captured in Gmelina arborea Roxb. Trees in Short Rotation Coppice Plantations in Costa Rica

Forests ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 593
Author(s):  
Carolina Tenorio ◽  
Róger Moya ◽  
Edgar Ortiz-Malavassi ◽  
Dagoberto Arias
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Biomass Production ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Short Rotation Coppice ◽  
Total Biomass ◽  
High Fertility ◽  
Gmelina Arborea ◽  
Short Rotation

Mortality, diameter at 30 cm over ground level, height, biomass production, and carbon capture (CC) for different tree components (trunk, bark, branches, and leaves) in two locations in Costa Rica, during their first three years and with three plantation spacings (1.0 × 0.5 m, 1.0 × 1.0 m, and 1.0 × 2.0 m) were obtained for Gmelina arborea Roxb. trees growing in short rotation coppice systems (SRC). In addition, regression models were developed to predict biomass production and CC using location, age, spacing, and their interactions. Biomass production was measured by weight of trees without considering dendrometric variables. Results showed that mortality was lower than 15% for one location, with probable high fertility, and almost 85% for the other location. Diameter and height of trees increased with plantation age in both locations. The highest biomass production and CC were observed in the spacings of 1.0 × 0.5 m2 and 1.0 × 1.0 m2, with 20 Mg/ha/year and 8 Mg/ha/year, respectively. The models to predict biomass production in trunk with bark, branches, leaves, total biomass without leaves, and CC in trunk, branch, and total biomass were developed using this equation: Y = β1 + β2 (location × age) + β3 (age) + β4 (spacing). The R2 values varied from 0.66 to 0.84, with error from 0.88 to 10.75 and indicators of goodness of fit from 60 to 83%.

scholarly journals Irradiation on teak and pine agroforestry system and the effect on growth of soybean

2006 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
DJOKO PURNOMO ◽  
SYUKUR MAKMUR SITOMPUL
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Area ◽  
Biomass Production ◽  
Seed Yield ◽  
Photosynthetic Rate ◽  
Specific Leaf Area ◽  
Soil Type ◽  
Agroforestry System ◽  
Tree Canopy ◽  
Main Plot ◽  
Plot Design

Teak and pines are the largest tree forests in Central of Java so that they are very potential to be developed as an argoforestry system. The average Relative Irradiation Fraction (RIF)’s in the teak and pines trees are 50% and 14% respectively. Meanwhile, soybean is sunloving crop potentially to be cultivated in the agroforestry system. The aim of the research was to study the response of the soybean (Glyicine soya) varieties to the tree canopy pruning. The experiment was conducted at teak and pines forest area (vertisol and ultisol soil type respectively) arranged in split plot design. The main plot factor was pruning (no pruning and pruning) and the sub plot factor was variety (Wilis, Pangrango and Brawijaya). The teak and pines canopy pruning (50% lower part of canopy) increases the incident irradiation among the trees by 70%-89% or equal to 600-1000 μ mol m-2 s-1 and 80% or 840 μ mol m-2 s-1 respectively. The increase in the irradiation among the trees enhances the photosynthetic rate of soybean. The response of the soybean to the enhancing irradiation is higher in specific leaf area (SLA). Biomass production and seed yield of the soybean increases due to the canopy pruning. The seed yield of soybean increase respectively from 0.12 to 0.57 tons ha-1 and from 0.78 to 1.74 tons ha-1 in no pruning and pruning teak and pines agroforest. The Pangrango variety produces the highest yields of seed, thus it is potential to be cultivated as intercrops in a teak and pines agroforestry system.© 2006 Jurusan Biologi FMIPA UNS SurakartaKey words: soybean, teak, pines, agroforestry

scholarly journals Estimation of aboveground tree biomass Toona sureni and Coffea arabica in agroforestry system of Simalungun, North Sumatra, Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 620-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
SITI LATIFAH ◽  
MUHDI MUHDI ◽  
AGUS PURWOKO ◽  
ETIKA TANJUNG
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Coffea Arabica ◽  
Data Retrieval ◽  
C Sequestration ◽  
Agroforestry System ◽  
Tree Biomass ◽  
Sequestration Potential ◽  
North Sumatra ◽  
Aboveground Tree Biomass

Latifah S, Muhdi, Purwoko A, Tanjung E. 2018. Estimation of aboveground tree biomass Toona sureni and Coffea arabica in agroforestry system of Simalungun, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 19: 620-625. Agroforestry is an ecologically and environmentally sustainable land use that offers great promise to carbon (C) sequestration. Forests play a significant role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions through maintaining current carbon stores and by increasing the rate of carbon sequestration. Vegetation carbon stocks are necessary to be quantified to evaluate the carbon sequestration potential in the ecosystem. Reasonable methods for estimating tree biomass and carbon storage on forest land are increasingly crucial given concerns of global climate change. This study aimed to evaluate C sequestration potential by agroforestry in North Sumatra Indonesia. This study was conducted at the Agroforestry system in Aek Nauli, Simalungun District, North Sumatra. Data collection for primary data was done through a field survey. The present study was carried out to determine above ground tree biomass of Toona sureni (Blume) Merr and Coffea arabica. Data retrieval of T. sureni and C. arabica was done by non-destructive sampling by measuring the diameter at breast height (dbh). The results showed that the potential of average above-ground biomass and carbon storage of T. sureni and C. arabica was 6.25 t ha-1 and 2.88 C t ha-1, respectively. Total aboveground biomass of Toona sureni and C. arabica in the study area was 93.75 ton, while total of carbon storage was 43.16 ton

Impact of Nitrogen Deposition on Tropical Forest Biomass and Carbon Sequestration

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (02) ◽  
pp. 60-67
Author(s):  
R. Sagar ◽  
Vijay Pratap Gautam
Keyword(s):  
Biomass Production ◽  
Nutrient Availability ◽  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
C:N Ratio ◽  
Forest Biomass ◽  
C Sequestration ◽  
N Deposition ◽  
N Addition ◽  
Mycorrhizal Association ◽  
Use Efficiency

Undoubtedly, nitrogen (N) is an essential component of proteins and nucleic acid of cells but in the last few decades it has undergone dramatic changes. Now move nitrogen has come into circulation and thus it has now become an environmental problem. Ndeposition is not always undesirable, in areas with N- limitation , N–deposition enhances the plant growth. Besides, it sequesters more CO into the plant biomass there by 2 lowering greenhouse gas emission into the atmosphere. Forest ecosystems all around the globe have experienced N- deposition and are becoming an important C-sink which has been shown in the table 1of this review article. The C-sink capacity of forest ecosystems have been determined using many approaches which are stochiometric scaling, dynamic global vegetation models and biomass weighting method. All these method used C:N response ratio as a predictor for future rate of C-sequestration in response to N- addition. Nutrient availability increases the production of biomass per unit of photosynthesis and decreases heterotrophic respiration in forests. Nutrient availability also determines net ecosystem productivity (NEP) and ecosystem carbon use efficiency (CUE). Biomass production was found higher in the nutrient rich forests, Increase in biomass production was more in woody biomass while foliage and root biomass production remain unchanged. Indeed, the potential of forest C-sink depends upon the partitioning of the carbon uptaken during photosynthesis. In terrestrial ecosystems, C –sequestration predominantly occur in forests ecosystems. Both C:N ratio and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) are crucial for determining C-sequestration in different forest types. C-sequestration in response to N-addition shows variation with kind of mycorrhizal association. N-deposition benefitted trees with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi rather than ectomycorrhizal fungi. Thus, after going thoroughly across number of research articles, we arrived at the conclusion that it is the C:N ratio, NUE, forest type, nutrient availability which determine the C sequestration by forest biomass.

scholarly journals Biomass production and characteristics of short rotation plantations of clones of Gmelina arborea in three spacings

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Tenorio ◽  
Roger Moya ◽  
Juan Carlos Valverde ◽  
Dagoberto Arias-Aguilar
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Area Index ◽  
Biomass Production ◽  
Tree Height ◽  
Gmelina Arborea ◽  
Wood Production ◽  
Leaf Architecture ◽  
Area Index ◽  
Short Rotation ◽  
Branch Angle ◽  
Rotation Crops

Abstract The first attempts to establish energy crops in the tropical regi­on using short rotation species are premised on the utilization of clones for wood production. Therefore, the present study is aimed at examining the growth aspects (survival, diameter and tree height), leaf architecture (leaf area index [LAI], number and angle of the branches and sylleptic branches), biomass production, as well as biomass flow at the age of 24 months of two clones of Gmelina arborea in short rotation crops within three spacings (1.0x1.0 m, 0.75x0.75 m and 1.0x0.5 m). The results showed an increment with age, as the diameter increa­sed from 3.00 cm at six months to 8.0 cm at 24 months, where­as the total height increased from 2.00 m at six months to 10.00 m at 24 months. Clone survival varied from 20 to 60 %, whereas the LAI, branch angle and sylleptic branches increased with age. The differences between clones appeared after 12 months. Biomass production was similar between clones, from 6 ton/ha at six months to 67 ton/ha at 24 months, with clone 2 showing greater biomass flow than clone 1. On the basis of biomass pro­duction results and the development of diameter as well as height, clone 1 is recommended for spacing 1.0x1.0 m and clo­ne 2 for spacings 0.75x0.75 m and 1.0x0.5 m.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Melia Dubia for its Biomass Production, Carbon Stock, Carbon Sequestration and Economic Returns in Agroforestry System

2021 ◽  
pp. 46-54
Author(s):  
V. Ishwarya Laxmi ◽  
A. Krishna ◽  
A. Madhavi Lata ◽  
A. Madhavi ◽  
Y. S. Parameswari
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Biomass Production ◽  
Carbon Stock ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Sequestration ◽  
Foxtail Millet ◽  
Agroforestry System ◽  
Economic Returns ◽  
Net Returns ◽  
Sole Crop ◽  
Melia Dubia

A field experiment was carried out to estimate biomass production, carbon stock, carbon sequestration and economic performance of Melia dubia under agri-silviculture system. This experiment was laid out in a Split design and replicated thrice, treatments comprised of two main plots (Clones) M I MTP-I M II MTP-II and seven subplots(Intercrops) T 1 Finger millet , T 2 Foxtail millet, T 3 Pearl millet, T 4 Greengram, T 5 Blackgram, T 6 Cowpea, T 7 Only trees. Sole crop without trees are maintained. Results showed that MTP-I clone recorded higher volume, biomass production, carbon stock, carbon dioxide sequestration in agri-silviculture system when compared to MTP-II and sole crop. In terms of income wise MTP-I recorded higher gross returns, net returns and B:C ratio than MTP-II. Incase of intercrops, blackgram registered higher net returns and B:C ratio than other intercrops.

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