Research Article | Published: 01 September 2014

Carbon Sequestration in the soils under different land uses in Panchkula District of Haryana

M. K. Gupta, S. D. Sharma and Manoj Kumar

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 37 | Issue: 3 | Page No. 241-248 | 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2014-VRD8UG | Cite this article

Abstract

Changes in land use and vegetation cover affect various soil properties, including the soil organic carbon (SOC) store and the transfer of atmospheric CO2 to terrestrial landscapes. A study was conducted to estimate the organic carbon stock in the soils under five land uses viz. Forests, Plantations, Horticulture, Agroforestry and Agriculture in Panchkula district of Haryana. Higher SOC store i.e., 58.24 Mg ha-1 was estimated under Chir while miscellaneous forests were having 53.99 Mg ha-1. SOC store under Chir forest was 7.87 % higher as compared to the SOC store under miscellaneous forests. Under plantation land use, maximum SOC stock was under Eucalyptus (41.10 Mg t ha-1) followed by Teak (39.19 Mg ha-1), Khair (35.81 Mg ha-1), Poplar (31.98 Mg ha-1) while minimum SOC store was under Shisham (30.05 Mg ha-1). Under horticulture land use, maximum SOC stock was under Guava (46.41 Mg ha-1) followed by Aonla (45.62 Mg ha-1) while under Mango it was 41.64 Mg ha-1. Under Agroforestry land use there was Rice – Poplar model was available and SOC store was observed 37.70 Mg t ha-1. In agriculture land use SOC store was 33.97 Mg ha-1 in the district. In Panchkula district, maximum SOC stock was under forests (55.17 Mg ha-1) followed by Horticulture (45.49 Mg t ha-1), Agroforestry (37.70 Mg ha-1), Plantations (37.14 Mg ha-1) and the least was under Agriculture (33.97 Mg ha-1). When SOC store under different land uses were tested by one - way ANOVA, it was found that SOC store under all land uses were significantly different (Variance ratio, F = 11.762; p = < 0.05). SOC store under forests was statistically significantly different with the SOC store under horticulture, plantation and agriculture. SOC store under horticulture was significantly different from the SOC store under plantation and agriculture.

Keywords

Soil properties, Soil organic carbon (SOC), Land use, Vegetation cover, Terrestrial landscape, Mitigation potential, Soil management

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Gupta, M.K., Sharma, S.D. and Kumar, M., 2014. Carbon Sequestration in the soils under different land uses in Panchkula District of Haryana. Indian Journal of Forestry, 37(3), pp.241-248. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2014-VRD8UG

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