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Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda

Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda has been established as a full-fledged State University, having unique honour of being the “First Agricultural University of Bundelkhand Region”. The University was notified vide Government Order No. 301/79-V-1-10-1 (Ka) 27-2009 Lucknow and established on 2nd March 2010 under Uttar Pradesh Agriculture University Act (Sanshodhan) 1958 Gazette-Adhiniyam 2010. Initially it was named as “Manyawar Shri Kanshiram Ji University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda”, which was changed as “Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda” vide Uttar Pradesh Agriculture University Act (Sanshodhan) Adhiniyam, 2014, No. 1528(2)/LXXIX-V-1-14-1(Ka)-13-2014 dated 4th December 2014. The University has been established for the development of the agriculture and allied sectors in the Uttar Pradesh on the whole and Bundelkhand region in particular. It is committed to serve the Bundelkhand region with trinity concept, i.e. complete integration of teaching, research and extension for the development of agriculture and allied sectors in order to ensure food security and enhance socio-economic status of inhabitants. State Government of Uttar Pradesh has assigned the University with the responsibilities of (a) human resource generation and development, (b) generation and perfection of technologies, and (c) their dissemination to the farmers, orchardists and dairy farmers in the Chitrakoot Dham and Jhansi divisions. The Chirtrkoot Dham Division consists of four districts, namely Banda, Chitrakoot (Karvi), Mahoba and Hamirpur whereas Jhansi Division consists of Jhansi, Lalitpur and Jalaun (Orai) districts.

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Subject: Silviculture and Agroforestry × Author: ANKIT PAL × End date: 2023 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    “EVALUATION OF THE GROWTH, BIOMASS & CARBON SEQUESTRATION POTENTIAL OF SELECTED MPTs UNDER PLANTATION”
    (DEPARTMENT OF SILVICULTURE AND AGROFORESTRY COLLEGE OF FORESTRY BANDA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY, BANDA-210 001, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA, 2023-10-03) ANKIT PAL; Dinesh Gupta
    A Research entitled “Evaluation of the Growth, Biomass & Carbon Sequestration Potential of Selected MPTs under Plantation” was carried out at Forestry Research Farm of Banda University of Agriculture & Technology in Banda, Uttar Pradesh during the year 2022-2023 in seven plantation blocks of different Multipurpose Tree Species (MPTs). First experiment was carried out to analyze the growth performance and carbon sequestration potential of 4.5-yearold selected MPTs blocks viz. Terminalia arjuna, Moringa oleifera, Peltophorum pterocarpum, Morus alba, Tectona grandis, Senna siamea and Pongamia pinnata. The results of the investigation revealed that M. oleifera displayed significantly superior growth parameters, with a tree height of 8.3 meters, girth of 0.64 meters, and basal area of 0.35 square meters, respectively. P. pterocarpum also exhibited remarkable performance in tree crown width, crown basal area, and crown volume, recording measurements of 5.7 m, 26.00 m2 , and 43.2 m3 , respectively. Minimum tree height & stem volume was recorded for M. alba with a value of 4.4 m & 0.0059 m3 . While, T. grandis showed the minimum GBH 0.20 m, basal area 0.003 m2 , crown width 2.5m, crown basal area 5.3m2 , crown volume 5.4m3 among the all selected MPTs. The order of carbon content in different tree species, from highest to lowest, was observed as follows: M. oleifera 30.94 kg/tree, P. pterocarpum 21.15 kg/tree, T. arjuna 14.08 kg/tree, S. siamea 13.71 kg/tree, P. pinnata 7.00 kg/tree, M. alba 8.60 kg/tree and T. grandis 4.26 kg/tree. Among the tree species, M. oleifera exhibited the highest above and below-ground total green and dry biomass, recording 46.6 kg/tree and 15.24 kg/tree. Additionally, it sequestered the maximum amount of CO2, with 126.04 mg/ha. M. oleifera, showing to its higher mean growth parameters recorded the highest Average Aboveground & Belowground Biomass per tree 46.65 kg & 15.24 kg, followed by P. pterocarpum with values 36.01 kg/tree, 6.21kg per tree respectively. While, T. grandisis observed the minimum AGB 6.84kg & BGB 1.67 kg per tree. The physiochemical analysis of the soils revealed that, there is significant variation in Soil pH, Soil EC & Soil Moisture, while Soil Bulk Density showed insignificant variation for different soil layers of all the 8 treatments (7 MPTs plantation blocks and Fallow land). Soil pH ranged from 7.4 to 8.1, which reveals that soil of the study area is slightly alkaline in nature. Soil organic carbon in top layer (L1 0-15cm) was recorded highest under Fallow land 0.33% which was closely followed by P. pterocarpum 0.32%, while least was observed for S. siamea 0.28%. In nutshell, we can say that M. oleifera with stand density of 1111 tree/ha displayed maximum carbon storage potential 34.38 Mg ha-1 that helps to sequester about 126.04 CO2/Mg/ha from the atmosphere, while P. pterocarpum with stand density of 400 tree/ha & carbon storage potential of 8.46 Mg ha-1, removes about 31.02 CO2/Mg/ha from the atmosphere. The data generated from the study will serve as baseline data for the future research.