Abstract
With climate change being unequivocal, reducing CO2 in our atmosphere has become a primary goal of international efforts. Carbon sequestration is the process characteristic of the species employed for plantation but depends on the continuous management of the plantation also. Assessment of carbon stocks in vegetation and soil is a basic step in evaluating the carbon sequestration potential of an ecosystem. The present study was conducted to quantify the total carbon stock and carbon sequestration potential in four bamboo plantation systems (Dendrocalamus strictus, Bambusa vulgaris, Bambusa balcooa and Bambusa nutans) in the Terai belt of Uttarakhand, India for two years. The major parameters of the study involved physicochemical characteristics of the soil, structural and functional attributes of microbes, and carbon stocks and carbon sequestration potential in vegetation and soil. Destructive approach was used for biomass estimation. At the end of the study, soil organic carbon stocks in the plantations Dendrocalamus strictus, Bambusa vulgaris, Bambusa balcooa and Bambusa nutans were 106.56 t ha-1, 85.06 t ha-1, 65.40 t ha-1, and 57.28 t ha-1 respectively. With this, the highest carbon sequestration potential was observed in Dendrocalamus strictus plantation soil. The observed average soil respiration (1426.45mg CO2 m-2 hr-1) and microbial biomass carbon (0.212%) were also highest in D. strictus among all species. Carbon stock was found more in biomass than in soil in all bamboo species. Thus, the present study clearly demonstrates that besides being an economic strength bamboo plant have shown encouraging results in the field of carbon sequestration potential also and it can be a better climate change mitigation option because of several environmental benefits.
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
Dendrocalamus strictus plantation soil had 106.56 t ha-1 organic carbon stock.
- Taxon
- Dendrocalamus strictus
Dendrocalamus strictuse0 - Outcome
- soil organic carbon stockse0
- Value
- 106.56 t ha-1e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“soil organic carbon stocks in the plantations Dendrocalamus strictus, Bambusa vulgaris, Bambusa balcooa and Bambusa nutans were 106.56 t ha-1, 85.06 t ha-1, 65.40 t ha-1, and 57.28 t ha-1 respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Bambusa vulgaris plantation soil had 85.06 t ha-1 organic carbon stock.
- Taxon
- Bambusa vulgaris
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Bambusa vulgarise0 - Outcome
- soil organic carbon stockse0
- Value
- 85.06 t ha-1e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“soil organic carbon stocks in the plantations Dendrocalamus strictus, Bambusa vulgaris, Bambusa balcooa and Bambusa nutans were 106.56 t ha-1, 85.06 t ha-1, 65.40 t ha-1, and 57.28 t ha-1 respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Bambusa balcooa plantation soil had 65.40 t ha-1 organic carbon stock.
- Taxon
- Bambusa balcooa
Bambusa balcooae0 - Outcome
- soil organic carbon stockse0
- Value
- 65.40 t ha-1e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“soil organic carbon stocks in the plantations Dendrocalamus strictus, Bambusa vulgaris, Bambusa balcooa and Bambusa nutans were 106.56 t ha-1, 85.06 t ha-1, 65.40 t ha-1, and 57.28 t ha-1 respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Bambusa nutans plantation soil had 57.28 t ha-1 organic carbon stock.
- Taxon
- Bambusa nutansBambusa nutanse0
- Outcome
- soil organic carbon stockse0
- Value
- 57.28 t ha-1e0
Verbatim
e0“soil organic carbon stocks in the plantations Dendrocalamus strictus, Bambusa vulgaris, Bambusa balcooa and Bambusa nutans were 106.56 t ha-1, 85.06 t ha-1, 65.40 t ha-1, and 57.28 t ha-1 respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Dendrocalamus strictus plantation soil had the highest carbon sequestration potential.
- Taxon
- Dendrocalamus strictusDendrocalamus strictuse0
- Outcome
- carbon sequestration potentiale0
- Direction
- higheste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the highest carbon sequestration potential was observed in Dendrocalamus strictus plantation soil”
Claim · model-written summary
D. strictus had the highest average soil respiration, 1426.45mg CO2 m-2 hr-1.
- Taxon
- D. strictusDendrocalamus strictuse0
- Outcome
- soil respiratione0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 1426.45mg CO2 m-2 hr-1e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The observed average soil respiration (1426.45mg CO2 m-2 hr-1) and microbial biomass carbon (0.212%) were also highest in D. strictus among all species”
Claim · model-written summary
D. strictus had the highest microbial biomass carbon, 0.212%.
- Taxon
- D. strictusDendrocalamus strictuse0
- Outcome
- microbial biomass carbone0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 0.212%e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The observed average soil respiration (1426.45mg CO2 m-2 hr-1) and microbial biomass carbon (0.212%) were also highest in D. strictus among all species”
Claim · model-written summary
Carbon stock exceeded soil stock in biomass across all four bamboo species.
Verbatim
e0“Carbon stock was found more in biomass than in soil in all bamboo species”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors considered bamboo a promising climate change mitigation option.
- Outcome
- better climate change mitigation optione0
Verbatim
e0“bamboo plant have shown encouraging results in the field of carbon sequestration potential also and it can be a better climate change mitigation option”