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Carbon Sequestration in Indian Soils: Present Status and the Potential

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/7870/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40011-014-0351-6
 
Title Carbon Sequestration in Indian Soils: Present Status and the Potential
 
Creator Pal, D K
Wani, S P
Sahrawat, K L
 
Subject Soil Science
 
Description India’s growing self-sufficiency in food pro-duction and food stocks since independence suggest that soils have the capacity to produce. Therefore, a review of Indian soils and their capacity to sequester carbon; and the factors favouring C sequestration under different land uses is in order. Several researchers, especially those in The National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning and the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics monitored the changes in soil organic (SOC) and inorganic (SIC) carbon as influenced by land use in the Indo-Gangetic Alluvial Plains and black soil regions between 1980 and 2005; and the results showed an increase in SOC stocks due to turnover of greater plant biomass into the soil. Results of long-term fertilizer experiments with rice-based double or triple cropping systems indicate soil’s capacity to store greater C, and maintain higher C in pas- sive pools; and that active fraction of soil C can be used as an indicator of soil health. The inclusion of active pool/ labile SOC is expected to improve the performance of Century eco-system model in predicting SOC changes under different climatic conditions. Greenhouse gas emis- sions from the tropical Indian soils (both zeolitic and non zeolitic) do not seem to contribute significantly to the global warming potential. The application NPK plus FYM emerged as a cost effective technology for Indian farmers. In view of the potential of C sequestration by major zeolitic and non-zeolitic soils, the present SOC stock of about 30 Pg can be further increased.
 
Publisher Springer India
 
Date 2014
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
application/pdf
 
Language en
en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/7870/1/PNAS-IndiaSecB_Carbon_Paletal_2014.pdf
http://oar.icrisat.org/7870/7/Proceedings%20%20of%20NAS_Carbon%20Sequesgtration_DKP_SPW_KLSA_2014.pdf
Pal, D K and Wani, S P and Sahrawat, K L (2014) Carbon Sequestration in Indian Soils: Present Status and the Potential. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences. pp. 1-22. ISSN 2250-1746