Volume : 10, Issue : 6, JUN 2024

A COMPARATIVE ACCOUNT OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF BIOMASS AND CARBON STOCK IN DIFFERENT DIAMETER CLASSES OF MACHILUS GAMBLEI GROWN ON SERICULTURE-BASED AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS OF ASSAM, NORTHEASTERN INDIA.

TULSHI UPADHYAY

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the biomass and carbon stock distributed in different diameter classes of Machilus gamblei King ex Hook.f. (Syn. Persea bombycina (King ex Hook.f.) Kosterm.of family Lauraceae.. The study was conducted in Tupia, located in the North Bank Plain agro-climatic zone of Assam. In this investigation, the mean above-ground biomass (AGB) in different diameter classes was estimated to range between 4.11±0.98 tonha-1 and 26.02±3.18 tonha-1, below-ground biomass (BGB) between 1.02±0.04 tonha-1 and 6.50±1.42 tonha-1 and litter - biomass (LGB) ranged between 0.62±0.03 tonha-1 and 3.90±1.38 tonha-1. More than 65% of the total biomass contributed by the above-ground parts was recorded in the present investigation.

Keywords

BIOMASS, AGROCLIMATIC ZONE, RANGED, DIAMETER CLASS.

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