Carbon management Index under different land uses of Conoor region of Western ghats in Tamil Nadu
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The increased land-use change (LUC) from native lands to other land use at the Conoor region of western ghats in Tamil Nadu has severely declined soil carbon concentration. Therefore to quantify this decline, Carbon Management Index (CMI) was worked out under major land uses {(Forest (FOR), cropland (CRP), tea plantation (TEA)} using total organic carbon (TOC) and carbon pools under varying degrees of lability {a) NLC (non-labile carbon) b) VLC (very labile carbon) c) LC (labile carbon) d) LLC (less labile carbon)}. Results portray that the carbon pools were significantly (p < 0.05) higher in FOR than in TEA and CRP. The contribution of active pools {(very labile carbon (VLC) and labile carbon (LC)} towards TOC was higher in TEA and CRP, whereas in FOR, the passive pool {(less labile carbon (LLC) and non-labile carbon (NLC)} was higher. TOC (0-45 cm) was concentrated on the surface soils of FOR (32.88 g kg-1), CRP (11.87 g kg-1) and TEA (18.84 g kg-1) and it gradually declined with the increase in depth. The decline in TOC was maximum between 0 – 15 and 15 – 30 cm depth in CRP (30.62%) and FOR (22.17%), whereas it was maximum (37.16%) between 15 -30 and 30 -45 cm depth in TEA. Therefore, LUC spotlights the degradation of carbon pools and its extent was quantified using the carbon management index (CMI). The CMI (0 – 45 cm) recorded at CRP (12.93) and TEA (32.62) signals the need for an implementation of carbon management strategies at Conoor to keep the soils alive and protect biodiversity.
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Carbon management index, Carbon pools, Conoor, Land-use change, Soil organic carbon
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Ramesh, T., Bolan, N.S., Kirkham, M.B., Wijesekara, H., Manjaiah, K.M., Srinivasarao, Ch., Sandeep, S., Rinklebe, J., Ok, Y.S., Choudhury, B.U., Want, H., Tang, C., Song, Z. & Freeman II, O.W. (2019). Soil organic carbon dynamics: Impact of land use changes and management practices: A review. Advances in Agronomy. 156, 1-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.agron.2019.02.001
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Saravanan, S., Jennifer, J.J., Singh, L., Thiyagarajan, S. & Sankaralingam, S. (2021). Impact of land-use change on soil erosion in the Coonoor Watershed, Nilgiris Mountain Range, Tamil Nadu, India. Arabian Jounal of Geosciences., 14(5), 1-15. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-06817-w
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Trumbore, S. E. (1997). Potential responses of soil organic carbon to global environmental change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences., 94(16), 8284-8291. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.94.16.8284
Walkley, A. & Black, I. A. (1934). An examination of the Degtjareff method for determining soil organic matter, and a proposed modification of the chromic acid titration method. Soil Science., 37 (1), 29-38.
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Zhang, L., X. Chen, Y. Xu, M. Jin, X. Ye, H. Gao, W. Chu, J. Mao, and M.L. Thompson, (2020). Soil labile organic carbon fractions and soil enzyme activities after 10 years of continuous fertilization and wheat residue incorporation. Scientific Reports., 10(1):1-10. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-68163-3
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Carbon management Index under different land uses of Conoor region of Western ghats in Tamil Nadu. (2022). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 14(3), 931-937. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v14i3.3662
