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Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola

Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola was established on 20th October, 1969 with its head-quarter at Akola. This Agricultural University was named after the illustrious son of Vidarbha Dr. Panjabrao (alias Bhausaheb) Deshmukh, who was the Minister for Agriculture,Govt. of India. The jurisdiction of this university is spread over the eleven districts of Vidarbha. According to the University Act 1983 (of the Government of Maharashtra), the University is entrusted with the responsibility of agricultural education, research and extension education alongwith breeder and foundation seed programme. The University has its main campus at Akola. The instructional programmes at main campus are spread over in 5 Colleges namely, College of Agriculture, College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, College of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Post Graduate Institute. At this campus 4 degree programmes namely B.Sc.(Agri.) B.Sc. (Hort.), B.Sc. (Forestry) and B.Tech. (Ag. Engg.) , two Master’s Degree Programmes viz. M.Sc.(Agri.) and M.Tech. (Agri.Engg.) and Doctoral Degree Programmes in the faculties of Agriculture and Agril. Engineering are offered. The University has its sub-campus at Nagpur with constituent College, College of Agriculture which offers B.Sc.(Agri.) and M.Sc.(Agri.) degree programmes. The Nagpur Campus is accomplished with a garden, surrounded by its natural beauty and a well established Zoo which attract the general public and visitors to the city. A separate botanic Garden is being maintained on 22 hectares with a green house for the benefit of research workers. In addition there are 2 affiliated grant-in-aid colleges and 14 private non-grant-in-aid colleges under the umbrella of this University A Central Research Station is situated at the main Campus which caters to the need of research projects undertaken by Crop Scientists of the principle crops of the region are Cotton, Sorghum, Oilseeds and Pulses.

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Author: DASH, MADHUSMITA × End date: 2018 × Start date: 2017 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    APPRAISAL OF CARBON SEQUESTRATION POTENTIAL OF Hardwickia binata Roxb. BASED SILVOPASTORAL SYSTEM
    (Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, 2017-06-28) DASH, MADHUSMITA; Mane, Dr. V. P.
    Agroforestry has been recognized as having the greater potential for biomass and carbon sequestration of all the land uses; however, understanding of C sequestration in very specific agroforestry systems is at rudimentary. The present investigation entitled, "Appraisal of carbon sequestration potential of Hardwickia binata Roxb. based Silvopastoral system “was carried out during the year 2016-2017 at silvopastoral system present at research farm of Directorate of Agro-ecology and Environment Centre and Dairy farm, Department of Animal husbandry and Veterinary science, Dr. PDKV, Akola and the laboratory work was carried out at Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Dr. PDKV, Akola. The vegetation study on four species viz., Hardwickia binata Roxb., Stylosanthes hamata, Cenchrus ciliaris and Agave americana L. were carried out for their biomass production and carbon sequestration potential analysis. The aboveground, belowground and total biomass i.e. 77.29, 22.62 and 99.91 t ha-1, respectively, was recorded in silvopastoral system in which trees of H. binata contributed 58.62 % to the total biomass of whole system. By the ash method, the mean organic carbon percent (%) of vegetation was found to be 49.70% i.e. approximately equal to 50% or 0.5 in fraction value. The total carbon density in the whole silvopastoral system was found to be 99.92 t C ha-1 by adding carbon stored in vegetation i.e. 49.86 t C ha-1 (aboveground carbon stock+ belowground carbon stock) and soil carbon density i.e. 50.06 t C ha-1. The litter carbon pool was found to be 0.13 t C ha-1. Soil pH was found to be slightly acidic to neutral in reaction. Soil organic carbon percent was found to be 1.12%. The major available nutrients viz., N, P and K were also significantly influenced by land use systems and altitudinal ranges. Significantly the available N, P, K and S were 325 kg ha-1,66.89 kg ha-1, 526.4 kg ha-1 and 28.62 kg ha-1 respectively, observed under land use system. Among all species, H. binata showed higher available NPK. The conc. of micronutrients i.e. Cu, Mn, Fe and Zn in silvopastoral system were found to be 2.14 mg kg-1, 17.72 mg kg-1, 13.5 mg kg-1 and 2.93 mg kg-1 respectively. In the context of comparative analysis between biomass production of H. binata based silvopastoral system and H. binata block plantation, it was found that the total biomass of silvopastoral system (99.91 t ha-1) was found to be 3 times higher than sole crop plantation of H. binata (33.40 t ha-1). The highest above ground carbon stock (38.62 t C ha-1) and below ground carbon stock (11.24 t C ha-1) was recorded in silvopastoral system as compared to the aboveground carbon stock (13.52 t C ha-1) and belowground carbon stock (3.17 t C ha-1) of block plantation of H. binata. Total carbon stock followed the same trend as above and belowground biomass carbon stock. The soil organic carbon percentage (1.12 %) and soil carbon density (50.06 t C ha-1) of the silvopastoral system was significantly higher than the soil organic carbon percentage (0.55 %) and soil carbon density (22.27 t C ha-1) of block plantation. The total carbon density of whole system (99.92 t C ha-1) and total CO2 sequestered of silvopastoral plot (366.7 t C ha-1) was found to be higher than that of H. binata block plantation (38.97 t C ha-1 and 143.01 t C ha-1 respectively).
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    APPRAISAL OF CARBON SEQUESTRATION POTENTIAL OF Hardwickia binata Roxb. BASED SILVOPASTORAL SYSTEM
    (Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, 2017-06-28) DASH, MADHUSMITA; Mane, Dr. V. P.
    Agroforestry has been recognized as having the greater potential for biomass and carbon sequestration of all the land uses; however, understanding of C sequestration in very specific agroforestry systems is at rudimentary. The present investigation entitled, "Appraisal of carbon sequestration potential of Hardwickia binata Roxb. based Silvopastoral system “was carried out during the year 2016-2017 at silvopastoral system present at research farm of Directorate of Agro-ecology and Environment Centre and Dairy farm, Department of Animal husbandry and Veterinary science, Dr. PDKV, Akola and the laboratory work was carried out at Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Dr. PDKV, Akola. The vegetation study on four species viz., Hardwickia binata Roxb., Stylosanthes hamata, Cenchrus ciliaris and Agave americana L. were carried out for their biomass production and carbon sequestration potential analysis. The aboveground, belowground and total biomass i.e. 77.29, 22.62 and 99.91 t ha-1, respectively, was recorded in silvopastoral system in which trees of H. binata contributed 58.62 % to the total biomass of whole system. By the ash method, the mean organic carbon percent (%) of vegetation was found to be 49.70% i.e. approximately equal to 50% or 0.5 in fraction value. The total carbon density in the whole silvopastoral system was found to be 99.92 t C ha-1 by adding carbon stored in vegetation i.e. 49.86 t C ha-1 (aboveground carbon stock+ belowground carbon stock) and soil carbon density i.e. 50.06 t C ha-1. The litter carbon pool was found to be 0.13 t C ha-1. Soil pH was found to be slightly acidic to neutral in reaction. Soil organic carbon percent was found to be 1.12%. The major available nutrients viz., N, P and K were also significantly influenced by land use systems and altitudinal ranges. Significantly the available N, P, K and S were 325 kg ha-1,66.89 kg ha-1, 526.4 kg ha-1 and 28.62 kg ha-1 respectively, observed under land use system. Among all species, H. binata showed higher available NPK. The conc. of micronutrients i.e. Cu, Mn, Fe and Zn in silvopastoral system were found to be 2.14 mg kg-1, 17.72 mg kg-1, 13.5 mg kg-1 and 2.93 mg kg-1 respectively. In the context of comparative analysis between biomass production of H. binata based silvopastoral system and H. binata block plantation, it was found that the total biomass of silvopastoral system (99.91 t ha-1) was found to be 3 times higher than sole crop plantation of H. binata (33.40 t ha-1). The highest above ground carbon stock (38.62 t C ha-1) and below ground carbon stock (11.24 t C ha-1) was recorded in silvopastoral system as compared to the aboveground carbon stock (13.52 t C ha-1) and belowground carbon stock (3.17 t C ha-1) of block plantation of H. binata. Total carbon stock followed the same trend as above and belowground biomass carbon stock. The soil organic carbon percentage (1.12 %) and soil carbon density (50.06 t C ha-1) of the silvopastoral system was significantly higher than the soil organic carbon percentage (0.55 %) and soil carbon density (22.27 t C ha-1) of block plantation. The total carbon density of whole system (99.92 t C ha-1) and total CO2 sequestered of silvopastoral plot (366.7 t C ha-1) was found to be higher than that of H. binata block plantation (38.97 t C ha-1 and 143.01 t C ha-1 respectively).