Spatial variation of soil organic carbon stock in a typical agricultural farm of hot arid ecosystem of India

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Spatial variation of soil organic carbon stock in a typical agricultural farm of hot arid ecosystem of India [1]

Soil organic carbon (SOC) is the largest among three major carbon pools of global ecosystems. During the past few years, global warming and forcible land-use changes have resulted in a huge loss of this major carbon pool and as a consequence, concentration of atmospheric CO2 has increased. To mitigate the potential risks arising from atmospheric abundance of CO2, adoption of carbon sequestration strategies at different landscape scales is a major option. For this
purpose, proper estimates of SOC stock per unit area are essential. In this study, we have estimated the SOC stock of a typical agricultural farm from hot arid ecosystem of India and also its spatial variation within the farm.

Publication Date:

10/05/2012

Author(s): Priyabrata Santra [2], R. N. Kumawat [3], R. S. Mertia & et al [4]

Source: Current Science [5]

Vol:

102

Issue:

9

pp:

1303-1309

Tags:

Soil Resources [6], Soil Capability [7], Agriculture [8], Land Use [9], Global Warming [10], Climate Change [11], Carbon Dioxide [12], Carbon Sequestration [13], Dryland Farming [14], Deserts [15], Jaisalmer (D) [16], Rajasthan [17], India [18]

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