Chitsaz, V., Parvizi, Y. (2022). The impacts of plant species and rangeland practices on the carbon sequestration capacity (Case study: Dehaghan watershed, Isfahan province). , 29(2), 196-110. doi: 10.22092/ijrdr.2022.126759
Vahid Chitsaz; Yahya Parvizi. "The impacts of plant species and rangeland practices on the carbon sequestration capacity (Case study: Dehaghan watershed, Isfahan province)". , 29, 2, 2022, 196-110. doi: 10.22092/ijrdr.2022.126759
Chitsaz, V., Parvizi, Y. (2022). 'The impacts of plant species and rangeland practices on the carbon sequestration capacity (Case study: Dehaghan watershed, Isfahan province)', , 29(2), pp. 196-110. doi: 10.22092/ijrdr.2022.126759
Chitsaz, V., Parvizi, Y. The impacts of plant species and rangeland practices on the carbon sequestration capacity (Case study: Dehaghan watershed, Isfahan province). , 2022; 29(2): 196-110. doi: 10.22092/ijrdr.2022.126759

The impacts of plant species and rangeland practices on the carbon sequestration capacity (Case study: Dehaghan watershed, Isfahan province)

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Article 7, Volume 29, Issue 2, July 2022, Pages 196-110    PDF (956.45 K)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.22092/ijrdr.2022.126759
Authors
Vahid Chitsaz* 1; Yahya Parvizi2
1Senior Research Expert, Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research Department, Isfahan, Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Isfahan, Iran
2Associate Professor, Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The increase in greenhouse gases emission over the last century has led to perturbation in the carbon cycle and has increased concerns. Therefore, the present study evaluated rangeland biological rehabilitation practices with native and cultivated plant species on carbon sequestration in Dehaghan region bushlands. For this purpose, two biological projects, including seeding Agropyron trichophorum in the Glisar region with a 17-year-old record and pit-seeding of Prangos ferulacea with a 10-year-old record in the Astane Sefla region were evaluated. Soil and plant sampling was carried out in the spring of 2013. Afterward, the carbon concentrations in soil and plant samples were evaluated based on Walkley black and Combustion Methods, respectively. Results also showed that the carbon sequestration capacity in the seeding of A. trichophorum in the Glisar region and pit-seeding of P. ferulacea in the Astane Sefla region has increased to 37.4 (on average 2.2 ton/ha/year) and 10.1 (in average 1.01 ton/ha/year) comparing to control region, respectively. In general, A. trichophorum seeding project has been more successful than P. ferulacea pit-seeding in terms of increasing carbon stabilization. The results also showed that Astragalus verus and Bromus tomentellus species have a high potential for carbon stabilization compared to many rangeland species in rangeland improvement projects.
Keywords
Rangeland planting; biological practices; carbon concentration; Agropyron sp; Prangos sp
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