Soil organic carbon pools and carbon management index under different land use systems in North western Himalayas
Current study was conducted to evaluate the effect of important land uses and soil depth on soil organic carbon pools viz. total organic carbon, Walkley and black carbon, labile organic carbon, particulate organic carbon, microbial biomass carbon and carbon management index (CMI) in the north Wester...
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| author | Yasir Hanif Mir Mumtaz Ahmad Ganie Tajamul Islam Shah Aziz Mujtaba Aezum Shabir Ahmed Bangroo Shakeel Ahmad Mir Shahnawaz Rasool Dar Syed Sheeraz Mahdi Zahoor Ahmad Baba Aanisa Manzoor Shah Uzma Majeed Tatiana Minkina Vishnu D. Rajput Aijaz Ahmad Dar |
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| description | Current study was conducted to evaluate the effect of important land uses and soil depth on soil organic carbon pools viz. total organic carbon, Walkley and black carbon, labile organic carbon, particulate organic carbon, microbial biomass carbon and carbon management index (CMI) in the north Western Himalayas, India. Soil samples from five different land uses viz. forest, pasture, apple, saffron and paddy-oilseed were collected up to a depth of 1 m (0–30, 30–60, 60–90 cm). The results revealed that regardless of soil depth, all the carbon pools differed significantly (p < 0.05) among studied land use systems with maximum values observed under forest soils and lowest under paddy-oilseed soils. Further, upon evaluating the impact of soil depth, a significant (p < 0.05) decline and variation in all the carbon pools was observed with maximum values recorded in surface (0–30 cm) soils and least in sub-surface (60–90 cm) layers. CMI was higher in forest soils and lowest in paddy-oilseed. From regression analysis, a positive significant association (high R-squared values) between CMI and soil organic carbon pools was also observed at all three depths. Therefore, land use changes and soil depth had a significant impact on soil organic carbon pools and eventually on CMI, which is used as deterioration indicator or soil carbon rehabilitation that influences the universal goal of sustainability in the long run. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-81ca95f787974ff2b070571cb8a213612023-12-03T01:01:08ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592023-06-0111e1526610.7717/peerj.15266Soil organic carbon pools and carbon management index under different land use systems in North western HimalayasYasir Hanif Mir0Mumtaz Ahmad Ganie1Tajamul Islam Shah2Aziz Mujtaba Aezum3Shabir Ahmed Bangroo4Shakeel Ahmad Mir5Shahnawaz Rasool Dar6Syed Sheeraz Mahdi7Zahoor Ahmad Baba8Aanisa Manzoor Shah9Uzma Majeed10Tatiana Minkina11Vishnu D. Rajput12Aijaz Ahmad Dar13Division of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, SKUAST-Kashmir, Wadura, Jammu and Kashmir, IndiaKVK Shopian, SKUAST-Kashmir, Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir, IndiaDivision of Soil Science, SKUAST-Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, IndiaDivision of Soil Science, SKUAST-Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, IndiaDivision of Soil Science, SKUAST-Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, IndiaDivision of Soil Science, SKUAST-Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, IndiaResearch Center for Residue & Quality Analysis, Sheri Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technologies, Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, IndiaDivision of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, SKUAST-Kashmir, Wadura, Jammu and Kashmir, IndiaDivision of Basic Sciences and Humanities, Faculty of Agriculture, SKUAST-Kashmir, Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, IndiaDivision of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, SKUAST-Kashmir, Wadura, Jammu and Kashmir, IndiaDivision of Agricultural Statistics, Faculty of Horticulture, SKUAST Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, IndiaAcademy of Biology and Biotechnology, Southern Federal University, Oblast, RussiaAcademy of Biology and Biotechnology, Southern Federal University, Oblast, RussiaDirectorate of Planning, SKUAST-Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, IndiaCurrent study was conducted to evaluate the effect of important land uses and soil depth on soil organic carbon pools viz. total organic carbon, Walkley and black carbon, labile organic carbon, particulate organic carbon, microbial biomass carbon and carbon management index (CMI) in the north Western Himalayas, India. Soil samples from five different land uses viz. forest, pasture, apple, saffron and paddy-oilseed were collected up to a depth of 1 m (0–30, 30–60, 60–90 cm). The results revealed that regardless of soil depth, all the carbon pools differed significantly (p < 0.05) among studied land use systems with maximum values observed under forest soils and lowest under paddy-oilseed soils. Further, upon evaluating the impact of soil depth, a significant (p < 0.05) decline and variation in all the carbon pools was observed with maximum values recorded in surface (0–30 cm) soils and least in sub-surface (60–90 cm) layers. CMI was higher in forest soils and lowest in paddy-oilseed. From regression analysis, a positive significant association (high R-squared values) between CMI and soil organic carbon pools was also observed at all three depths. Therefore, land use changes and soil depth had a significant impact on soil organic carbon pools and eventually on CMI, which is used as deterioration indicator or soil carbon rehabilitation that influences the universal goal of sustainability in the long run.https://peerj.com/articles/15266.pdfCarbon management indexSoil qualitySoil organic carbon poolsSoil depthSustainability |
| spellingShingle | Yasir Hanif Mir Mumtaz Ahmad Ganie Tajamul Islam Shah Aziz Mujtaba Aezum Shabir Ahmed Bangroo Shakeel Ahmad Mir Shahnawaz Rasool Dar Syed Sheeraz Mahdi Zahoor Ahmad Baba Aanisa Manzoor Shah Uzma Majeed Tatiana Minkina Vishnu D. Rajput Aijaz Ahmad Dar Soil organic carbon pools and carbon management index under different land use systems in North western Himalayas PeerJ Carbon management index Soil quality Soil organic carbon pools Soil depth Sustainability |
| title | Soil organic carbon pools and carbon management index under different land use systems in North western Himalayas |
| title_full | Soil organic carbon pools and carbon management index under different land use systems in North western Himalayas |
| title_fullStr | Soil organic carbon pools and carbon management index under different land use systems in North western Himalayas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Soil organic carbon pools and carbon management index under different land use systems in North western Himalayas |
| title_short | Soil organic carbon pools and carbon management index under different land use systems in North western Himalayas |
| title_sort | soil organic carbon pools and carbon management index under different land use systems in north western himalayas |
| topic | Carbon management index Soil quality Soil organic carbon pools Soil depth Sustainability |
| url | https://peerj.com/articles/15266.pdf |
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