Abstract
A study was conducted to estimate the soil organic carbon pool under Eucalyptus, Poplar, Shisham and Teak plantations in Haridwar and Dehra Dun, districts of Uttarakhand and Yamunanagar District of Haryana State. Over all, SOC pool under Eucalyptus, Shisham and Teak plantations was higher in the study area in Uttarakhand except Poplar plantation where SOC pool, in the study area in Haryana was higher. It indicated that soils under Eucalyptus, Shisham and Teak plantations were better enriched by soil organic carbon in Uttarakhand as compared to Haryana. The SOC pool in all the plantations in Uttarakhand was statistically different while in Haryana SOC pool among Poplar, Eucalyptus and Shisham were non-significant. SOC pool in Shisham, Teak and Eucalyptus grown in Uttarakhand was significantly different from similar plantation grown in Haryana. Variations in SOC pool in plantation and barren land was also statistically significant in study area of both the states.
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