Bhattacharyya, T and Chandran, P and Ray, S K and Mandal, C and Pal, D K and Venugopalan, M V and Durge, S L and Srivastava, P and Dubey, P N and Kamble, G K and Sharma, R P and Wani, S P and Rego, T J and Ramesh, V and Manna, M C (2006) Estimation of Carbon Stocks in Red and Black Soils of Selected Benchmark Spots in Semi-Arid Tropics of India :Global Theme on Agroecosystems Report no. 28. Monograph. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics , Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the help of the Director and Colleagues of the Division of Soil Resource Studies, NBSS&LUP Nagpur and Dr RL Shyampura, Head, NBSS&LUP Udaipur Division; the Heads and Staff of the Regional Centers of NBSS&LUP – Bangalore, Udaipur and Nagpur; Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur and the Regional Fruit Research Station, Katol, Akola. The authors also acknowledge the help of HP Singh, Director (Agro-Ecosystems), CRIDA, Drs KPR Vittal and B Venkateshwarlu and Shri Ashish Roy, CRIDA, Hyderabad; Drs S Subbaih, Chief Scientist, and K Appavu, Professor, Agicultural Research Station, TNAU, Kovilpatti, Dr Subramanian, Station Incharge, Agricultural College, TNAU, Madurai and Mr S Janakiraman, Soil Survey and Land Use Organization, Thirunelveli. The authors appreciate the assistance provided by Mr Farooque Ahmed, Joint Director of Agriculture (Research) and Mr S Sachithanandam, Soil Survey Officer, Mr A Sidhamalai, Assistant Soil Chemist, Soil Survey Land Use Organization; Dr S Natrajan, Professor, Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, TNAU, Coimbatore. The authors acknowledge the help of Dr M Shankar, Chief Scientist, GKVK Campus, UAS, Bangalore; Dr NT Yeduraju, Director, NRC for Weed Science, Jabalpur and its Farm Superintendent; Dr KD Singh, Head, Regional Station, CSWCR and TI (ICAR), Kota and Dr SS Mehtre, Senior Cotton Breeder, MPKV, Rahuri. Special gratitude is due to Dr WD Dar, Director General, ICRISAT; SS Raghavendra Rao and Ch Srinivasa Rao. Drs KL Sahrawat and KV Padmaja are thanked for reviewing the report; Mrs Wasudha Khandwe for typing and Mr G Ashwathama and Dr Meera Reddy for editing the manuscript. The authors gratefully acknowledge the National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP) for funding the project.
Abstract
Total soil organic carbon (SOC), soil inorganic carbon (SIC) and total carbon (TC) stocks were estimated as0.47, 0.71 and 1.18 Pg for the black soils and 0.33, 0.50 and 0.83 Pg for the red soils, respectively whichcover nearly 15 million ha area in the semi-arid tropics (SAT), India. It is observed that the soils revisitedafter 25–30 years indicate an overall increasing trend in SOC. On the basis of SOC stock (Pg/M ha) thestudy helped to identify 22 systems as viable under the present level of management systems. The studyalso suggests identification of minimum and maximum threshold limit of SOC and bulk density (BD)values in the 22 identified systems. The level of management adopted in the black soils of SAT, India, forthe last 20–25 years helped these soils to reach a new higher quasi-equilibrium value in terms of SOC. Thisindicates that these shrink-swell soils under semi-arid and arid bioclimatic systems respond to controlledmanagement level and are not depleted in SOC.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Monograph) |
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| Subjects: | Others > Soil Science Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics |
| Depositing User: | Mr Sanat Kumar Behera |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Oct 2011 10:18 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Oct 2011 10:18 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/2287 |
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