EVALUATING THE EFFICIENCY OF CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN SIMAROUBA (Simarouba glauca DC)
| dc.contributor.advisor | BALAKRISHNA, GOWDA | |
| dc.contributor.author | ANIL, H. N | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-06-30T06:53:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-06-30T06:53:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009-07-15 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Carbon sequestration is one of the important ecological services needed to mitigate climate change. Trees act as a sink for carbon dioxide. Fast growing multipurpose tree species like Simarouba glauca will be of great use to help mitigate accelerated global warming through uptake and storage of carbon. Carbon sequestration and gas exchange characteristics of Simarouba glauca was quantified across an age group of 2, 5, and 10 years and in two different climatic zones of southern Karnataka viz. transition zone and dry zone. Population was available only in these two zones. To estimate total leaf area in a non-destructive way, leaf area factor was developed and used. Total above ground stored carbon was 0.33, 2.73 and 11.04 t/ha for 2, 5 and 10 year old trees respectively under transition zone, and 0.55, 1.99 and 15.67 t/ha for 2, 5 and 10 year old plants respectively under dry zone. Trunk contributes 39.57 per cent to total above ground biomass followed by primary branches i.e. 39.16 per cent. Gas exchange parameters like photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance, and transpiration rate were more in 5 year old trees compared to 2 year old plants. However, taking into account the longevity, Simarouba glauca an evergreen species, by its continuous photosynthetic activity, contribute to reduce carbon dioxide throughout the year. All over the world carbon sequestration ability was evaluated for nineteen important tree species and, Simarouba glauca stands at 13th position for its better carbon sequestration. The study revealed that, Simarouba glauca is one of the important multipurpose tree species in India for afforestation programme that can help in earning a good lively hood and can contribute in mitigating the climate change in variety of ecological zones. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | Th-9543 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810023848 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.pages | 97 | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore | en_US |
| dc.sub | Environmental Science | en_US |
| dc.subject | null | en_US |
| dc.theme | CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN SIMAROUBA | en_US |
| dc.these.type | M.Sc | en_US |
| dc.title | EVALUATING THE EFFICIENCY OF CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN SIMAROUBA (Simarouba glauca DC) | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |