Variation of Soil Organic Carbon in Different Plantations in Mizoram
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.55863/ijees.2024.0036Keywords:
SOC stock, soil health, soil nutrients, monoculture plantationAbstract
Plantations are important in reducing logging on natural forests, carbon sequestration and restoration of degraded lands. Soil organic carbon is an important indicator of soil fertility, quality and productivity. A study was conducted in various plantations to assess the soil organic carbon status along with other soil parameters in Mizoram. The SOC stock was found to decrease with the soil depth except in oil palm plantation. The other soil parameters were also seen to decrease along with the soil profile. Teak was found to have the highest SOC stock at 39.03±5.3 Mg C ha-1 while areca nut plantation has the lowest at 28.91±0.67 Mg C ha-1. Proper management of land use can be beneficial for both economy as well as carbon storage in a more sustainable way.
References
Anonymous. 2010. Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010, Main Report. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
Bai, Z.G., Dent, D.L., Olsson, L. and Schaepman, M.E. 2008. Proxy global assessment of land degradation. Soil Use and Management, 24, 223-234. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-2743.2008.00169.x.
Batjes, N. 2014. Total carbon and nitrogen in the soils of the world. European Journal of Soil Sciences, 65, 4-21. https:// doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12114_2.
Benbi, D.K., Brar, K., Toor, A.S. and Singh, P. 2015. Total and labile pools of soil organic carbon in cultivated and undisturbed soils in northern India. Geoderma, 237-238, 149–158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.09.002.
Brahma, B., Sileshi, G.W., Nath, A.J. and Das, A.K. 2017. Development and evaluation of robust tree biomass equations for rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) plantations in India. Forest Ecosystems, 4(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-017-0101-3.
Camberato, J. 2022. Keep in mind soil test K and pH are affected by low soil moisture. ENTM Extension Newsletters, October.
Chima, U, Popo-Ola, F.S. and Ume, K.K. 2014. Physico-chemical properties of topsoil under indigenous and exotic monoculture plantations in Omo Biosphere Reserve, Nigeria. Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies & Management, 7(2), 117-123. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejesm.v7i2.2.
Choudhari, P.L. and Prasad, J. 2018. Teak supporting soils of India: A review. Journal of Science, 2(3), 198-200. https://doi.org/10.15406/oajs.2018.02.00070.
Choudhary, B.K., Majumdar, K. and Datta, B.K. 2016. Carbon sequestration potential and edaphic properties along the plantation age of rubber in Tripura, North-eastern India. Current World Environment, 11(3), 756-766. http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.11.3.10.
Das, S., eb, S., Bani, B. and Deb, D. 2021. Estimation of soil organic carbon pools and biomass carbon stocks in different aged rubber (Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg.) plantations of Tripura. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science, 69(3), 248-260. https://doi.org/10.5958/0974-0228.2021. 00052.9.
Fan, S., Guan, F., Xu, X., Forrester, D.I., Ma, W. and Tang, X. 2016. Ecosystem carbon stock loss after land use change in subtropical forests in China. Forests, 7, 142. https://doi.org/10.3390/f7070142.
Golchin, A. and Asgari, H. 2008. Land use effects on soil quality indicators in north-eastern Iran. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 46 (1), 27-36. https://doi.org/10.1071/SR07049.
Gunina, A., Smith, A.R., Godbold, D.L., Jones, D.L. and Kuzyakov, Y. 2017. Response of soil microbial community to afforestation with pure and mixed species. Plant and Soil, 412, 357-368. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-016-3073-0.
Hanway, J.J. and Heidal, H. 1952. Soil analysis methods as used in Iowa State College Soil Testing Laboratory. Iowa State College of Agriculture Bulletin, 57, 1-31.
Harianti, M., Junaidi, J., Emalinda, O., Herviyanti, H., Azizah, A. and Pulunggono, H.B. 2021. The soils physicochemical properties of monoculture land inseveral slopes at Northern Areas of Mount Talang. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, IOP Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/741/1/012027.
Hoyle, F.C, O’Leary, R.A. and Murphy, D.V. 2016. Spatially governed climate factors dominate management in determining the quantity and distribution of soil organic carbon in dryland agricultural systems. Scientific Reports, 6, 31468. https://www.nature.com/articles/srep31468.
Indoria, A.K., Sharma, K.L. and Reddy, K.S. 2020. Hydraulic properties of soil under warming climate. Pp. 473-508. In: Prasad, M.N.V. and Pietrzykowski, M. (Eds.). Climate Change and Soil Interactions, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818032-7.00018-7.
Iqbal, S. and Tiwari, S.C. 2016. Soil organic carbon pool under different land uses in Achanakmar Biosphere Reserve of Chhattisgarh, India. Current Science, 110, 771-773. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24907957
Jian, J., Du, X., Reiter, M.S. and Stewart, R.D. 2020. A meta-analysis of global cropland soil carbon changes due to cover cropping. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 143, 107735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107735.
Jobbágy, E.G. and Jackson, R.B. 2000. The vertical distribution of soil organic carbon and its reclamation to climate and vegetation. Ecological Applications, 10, 423-436. https://doi.org/10.1890/051-0761(2000)010[0423:TVDOSO] 2.0.CO;2.
Kelty, M.J. 2006. The role of species mixtures in plantation forestry. Forest Ecology and Management, 233 (2-3), 195-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.011.
Kukal, S. and Bawa, S. 2014. Soil organic carbon stock and fractions in relation to land use and soil depth in the degraded Shiwalik hills of lower Himalayas. Land Degradation and Development, 25, 407-416. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.2151.
Kulkarni, D.H. 1951. Distribution of teak (Tectona grandis) on the northern slopes of the Satpuras, with special relation to geology. Proceedings 8th Silviculture Conference, Dehradun.
Lal, R. 2004. Soil carbon sequestration impacts on global climate change and food security. Science, 304, 1623-1627. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1097396
Lal, R. 2016. Soil health and carbon management. Food and Energy Security, 5(4), 212-222. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.96.
Lawrence, C.R., Harden, J., Xu, X. and Schulz, M.S. 2015. Long-term controls on soil organic carbon with depth and time: A case study from the Cowlitz River Chronosequence, WA USA. Geoderma, 247, 73–87.
Lepcha, N.T. and Bijayalaxmi Devi, N. 2020. Effect of land use, season, and soil depth on soil microbial biomass carbon of Eastern Himalayas. Ecological Processes, 9(65), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-020-00269-y.
Liao, C., Luo, Y., Fang, C., Chen, J. and Li, B. 2012. The effects of plantation practice on soil properties based on the comparison between natural and planted forests: a meta-analysis. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 21(3), 318-327. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00690.x
Md. Abdullah, A.M., Rahman, M.M. and Hossain, M.K. 2017. The effects of teak monoculture on forest soils: a case study in Bangladesh. Journal of Forestry Research, 29, 1111-1120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-017-0515-3.
Nair, P., Saha, S.K., Nair, V.D. and Haile, S.G. 2011. Potential for greenhouse gas emissions from soil carbon stock following biofuel cultivation on degraded lands. Land Degradation and Development, 22, 395-409. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.1016
Nath, A.J., Brahma, B., Sileshi, G.W. and Das, A.K. 2018. Impact of land use changes on the storage of soil organic carbon in active and recalcitrant pools in a humid tropical region of India. Science of the Total Environment, 624, 908-917. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.199
Poeplau, C. and Don, A. 2013. Sensitivity of soil organic carbon stocks and fractions to different land-use changes across Europe. Geoderma, 192, 189-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.08.003
Rahman, N., de Neergaard, A., Gerrie, J.M., van de Ven, W.J., Giller, K.E. and Bruun, T.B. 2018. Changes in soil organic carbon stocks after conversion from forest to oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo. Environmental Research Letters, 13, 105001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aade0f.
Rozieta, R., Sahibin, A.R. and Wan Mohd Razi, I. 2015. Physico-chemical properties of soil at oil palm plantation area, Labu, Negeri, Sembilan. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1678(1), 020031. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4931216
Sahoo, U.K., Singh, S.L., Gogoi, A., Kenye, A. and Sahoo, S.S. 2019. Active and passive soil organic carbon pools as affected by different land use types in Mizoram, Northeast India. PLoS ONE, 14(7), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219969.
Scharlemann, J.P.W., Tanner, E.V., Hiederer, R. and Kapos, V. 2014. Global soil carbon: Understanding and managing the largest terrestrial carbon pool. Carbon Management, 5, 81-91. https://doi.org/10.4155/cmt.13.77
Schroeder, P. 1994. Carbon storage benefits of agroforestry systems. Agroforestry Systems, 27, 89-97. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00704837.
Sharma, B.D., Mukhopadhyay, S.S., Sidhu, S.P. and Katyal, J. 2000. Pedospheric attributes in distribution of total and DTPA extractable Zn, Cu, Mn and Fe in Indo-Gangetic plains. Geoderma, 96, 131-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7061(00)00008-2
Shrivastava, P., Khongphakdi, P., Palamanit, A., Kumar, K. and Tekasakul, P. 2021. Investigation of physicochemical properties of oil palm biomass for evaluating potential of biofuels production via pyrolysis processes. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 11, 1987-2001. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-019-00596-x.
Singh, S.L., Sahoo, U.K., Kenye, A. and Gogoi, A. 2018. Assessment of growth, carbon stock and sequestration potential of oil palm plantations in Mizoram, Northeast India. Journal of Environmental Protection, 9, 912-931. https://doi.org/10.4236/jep.2018.99057
soil organic matter and a proposed modification of chromic acid titration method. Soil Science, 37 (1), 29-38. https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00010694-193401000-00003
Soleimani, A., Hosseini, S.M., Bavani, A.R.M., Jafari, M. and Francaviglia, R. 2019. Influence of land use and land cover change on soil organic carbon and microbial activity in the forest of northern Iran. Catena, 177, 227-237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2019.02.018
Soto-Pinto, L., Anzueto, M. and Mendoza, J. 2010. Carbon sequestration through agroforestry in indigenous communities of Chiapas, Mexico. Agroforestry Systems, 78, 39-51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-009-9247-5
Sparks, D.L., Singh, B. and Siebecker, M.G. 2023. The Chemistry of soil acidity. Pp. 381-410, In: Valentino, S. (Ed.). Environmental Soil Chemistry (Third Edition), Katey Birtcher, United States of America.
Subbiah, B.V, and Asija, G.L. 1956. A rapid procedure for the estimation of available nitrogen in soils. Current Science, 25, 259-260. https://doi.org/ 10.12691/aees-2-5-1
Sungthongwises, K. and Taweekij, S. 2019. Soil fertility and diversity of microorganism under rubber plantation. Asian Journal of Plant Sciences, 18(4), 148-152. https://doi.org/10.3923/ajps.2019.148.152.
Suzuki, R., Takeda, S. and Thein, H.M. 2007. Chronosequence changes in soil properties of teak (Tectona grandis) plantations in the Bago Mountains, Myanmar. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 19(4), 207-217. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43595389
Usuga, J.C.L., Toro, J.A.R., Alzate, M.V.R. and Tapias, A.D.J.L. 2010. Estimation of biomass and carbon stocks in plants, soil and forest floor in different tropical forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 260(10), 1906-1913. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2010.08.040
Vadivelu, S., Muralidharan, A. and Bandyopadhyay, A.K. 1993. Soils of Lakshadweep Islands. CARI Bulletine, 9,83.
van der Werf, G.R., Randerson, J.T., Giglio, L., Collatz, G.J., Mu, M., Kasibhatla, P.S., Morton, D.C., DeFries, R.S., Jin, Y. and van Leeuwen, T.T. 2010. Global fire emissions and the contribution of deforestation, savanna, forest, agricultural, and peat fires (1997–2009). Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10, 11707-11735. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-10-11707-2010.
van Noordwijk, M., Lawson, G., Soumare, A., Groot, J.J.R. and Hairiah, K. 1996. Root distribution of trees and crops: Competition and/or complementarity. In: Black, C.R., Wilson, J. and Ong, C.K. (Eds.). Tree-crop Interactions - A Physiological Approach, CAB International, Wellington, UK.
Vicente-Vicente, J.L., Garcia-Ruiz, R., Francaviglia, R., Aguilera, E. and Smith, P. 2016. Soil carbon sequestration rates under Mediterranean woody crops using recommended management practices: A meta-analysis. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 235, 204-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2016.10.024
Walkley, A. and Black, A.I. 1934. An examination of the degtjareff method for determining
Wang, B., Liu, G.B., Xue, S. and Zhu, B. 2011. Changes in soil physico-chemical and microbiological properties during natural succession on abandoned farmland in the Loess Plateau. Environmental Earth Sciences, 62(5), 915-925. https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s12665-010-0577-4
Wei, X., Shao, M., Gale, W.J., Zhang, X. and Li, L. 2013. Dynamics of aggregate-associated organic carbon following conversion of forest to cropland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 57, 876-883. https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.10.020
Wu, J., Brookes, P.C. and Jenkinson, D.S. 1993. Formation and destruction of microbial biomass during decomposition of glucose and ryegrass in soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 25 (10), 1435-1441. https://doi.org/10.1016/0038-0717(93)90058-J
Yang, Y-Y., Goldsmith, A., Herold, I., Lecha, S. and Toor, G.S. 2020. Assessing soil organic carbon in soils to enhance and track future carbon stocks. Agronomy, 10, 1139. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10081139.
Yasin, S., Junaidi, A., Wahyudi, E., Silvia, H. and Darmawan. 2010. Changes of soil properties on various ages of rubber trees in Dhamasraya, West Sumatra, Indonesia. Journal of Tropical Soils, 15(3), 221-227. http://dx.doi.org/10.5400/jts.2017.v22i3.175-181
Yihenew, G.S. and Getachew, A. 2013. Effects of different land use systems on selected physicochemical properties of soils in North-western Ethiopia. The Journal of Agricultural Science, 5, 112-120. https://doi.org/ 10.5539/jas.v5n4p112
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2023 Lalrempuli Hrahsel, Uttam Sahoo
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
