Soil organic carbon content and nutrient status in temperate agroforestry systems of Kashmir Himalaya

Authors

  • Merajudin Dar Sher-e Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar-190025, India
  • K.N. Qaisar Sher-e Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar-190025, India
  • A.H. Mughal Sher-e Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar-190025, India
  • P.A. Khan Sher-e Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar-190025, India
  • T.H. Masoodi Sher-e Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar-190025, India
  • J.A. Mugloo Sher-e Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar-190025, India
  • Immad A. Shah Sher-e Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar-190025, India

Keywords:

Agroforestry systems, Carbon mitigation, Nutrient status, Soil, Temperate zones

Abstract

The study was carried out to assess the soil nutrient status in four prominent agroforestry systems viz., home gardens, horti-agriculture, boundary plantation and hortisilvi-pasture in temperate conditions of Kashmir Himalaya. Home garden was the most prominent system being adopted by farmers (98.43% of the total farmers surveyed). All the four agroforestry systems showed significantly higher values of available N, P, K and OC contents. However, home garden system had maximum nutrient (available N: 337.0, available P: 42.02 and available K: 289.38 kgha-1) and soil organic carbon content (1.57%) due to multi-strata canopy systems. Thus all the studied tree based land use systems at temperate zones were found as sustainable because of efficient nutrient cycling and played an important role in carbon mitigation.

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Merajudin Dar, K.N. Qaisar, A.H. Mughal, P.A. Khan, T.H. Masoodi, J.A. Mugloo, & Immad A. Shah. (2021). Soil organic carbon content and nutrient status in temperate agroforestry systems of Kashmir Himalaya. Range Management and Agroforestry, 41(2), 374–380. Retrieved from https://publications.rmsi.in/index.php/rma/article/view/111

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 2 (2020)

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