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Carbon and Nutrients stock in mature rubber plantations with and without control of under flora
Joshua Abraham - ไม่ระบุหน่วยงาน
ชื่อเรื่อง (EN): Carbon and Nutrients stock in mature rubber plantations with and without control of under flora
ผู้แต่ง / หัวหน้าโครงการ (EN): Joshua Abraham
บทคัดย่อ (EN): Though rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) has its origin in the Amzonian forests, its plantations worldwide are monoculture in nature. The under flora is rigorously managed in the immature phases of rubber cultivation. A case study was carried out to compare the stock of carbon and nutrients in the under flora of mature rubber plantations where its growth was controlled and not controlled. The study was carried out in Pathampuzha village near Palai in Kerala. Eight fields in each category viz., with and without control of under flora were selected and stock of carbon and nutrients in soils (0-45 cm) and in above ground flora were estimated. RRII 105 was the clone in all the fields and planting was carried out during 1990-1996 period. The cover crop Mucuna bracteata was established in all the fields during the initial stages. As the canopy of rubber trees crossed over, the cover crop faded out and other weeds dominated. In eight of the sixteen fields studied, weeding was regularly carried out to control the under flora while in the other eight fields weeding was restricted to narrow strips in the platform, for the tapping personnel to move around. Soil samples were collected from three depths viz., 0-15, 15-30 and 15-45 cm using soil cores and gravel (>2mm) and fine earths (<2mm) were estimated Five sets of samples were collected from each depth in each field. The stocks of organic carbon (OC) and nutrients viz., total nitrogen (TN) , available forms of potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu) in soils (0-45 cm) were estimated. Above ground biomass of the under flora in each field was estimated by physically removing the above ground portions of the under flora from five sites, each of 1 m2 area from each field. The samples were estimated for C, TN, P, K, Ca, Mg, Zn and Cu contents and the amount of each nutrient locked in the above ground flora was calculated. It was noticed that in fields where under flora was not controlled for about ten years, there was significant improvement in the stock of OC, TN, K and Mg in soil. The above ground biomass was obviously much more in fields where under flora was not controlled. In these fields significantly higher amounts of C, N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Zn and Cu were also noticed in the above ground biomass of under flora. A management practice by which the C and nutrients build up in soil as well as in above ground under flora in mature rubber plantations is of great significance environmentally and agriculturally.
บทคัดย่อ: ไม่พบข้อมูลจากหน่วยงานต้นทาง
ภาษา (EN): en
เผยแพร่โดย (EN): การยางแห่งประเทศไทย
คำสำคัญ (EN): nutrients
เจ้าของลิขสิทธิ์ (EN): การยางแห่งประเทศไทย
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