Soil carbon pool under organic and conventional crop production system of semi arid tropics

Authors

  • D Udhaya Nandhini Centre of Excellence in Sustaining Soil Health, Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College & Research Institute, Trichy-620 027, Tamil Nadu, India
  • E Somasundaram Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641 003, Tamil Nadu, India
  • S Somasundaram Centre of Excellence in Sustaining Soil Health, Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College & Research Institute, Trichy-620 027, Tamil Nadu, India
  • K Arulmozhiselvan Centre of Excellence in Sustaining Soil Health, Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College & Research Institute, Trichy-620 027, Tamil Nadu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v50i1.52674

Keywords:

Soil carbon pool, Microbial biomass, Dissolved organic carbon, Semi arid tropics

Abstract

Regardless of land use, the results indicated significant differences in all the studied parameters. Total % SOC ranged from 0.52 to 0.72 for conventional farm samples (mean 0.62%) and 0.63 to 1.59 for the organic samples (mean 1.19). Bulk density (g/cc) ranged from 0.43 to 0.81 (mean 0. 62) for conventional and 0.17 to 0.28 (mean 0.20) organic farm soils. Organic manures increased microbial biomass carbon by 117% and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration by 181% over conventional farming. The results suggested that organic matter is better protected in organic soils and are consequently less vulnerable to mineralization.

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Published

2021-03-27

How to Cite

Nandhini, D. U., Somasundaram, E., Somasundaram, S., & Arulmozhiselvan, K. (2021). Soil carbon pool under organic and conventional crop production system of semi arid tropics. Bangladesh Journal of Botany, 50(1), 79–84. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v50i1.52674

Issue

Vol. 50 No. 1 (2021)

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