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Differential impacts of soil salinity and water logging on Eucalyptus growth and carbon sequestration under mulched vs. unmulched soils in south-western Punjab, India

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Aims

To study the impact of salinity and water logging on Eucalyptus growth, carbon (C) sequestration in tree biomass and organic C pool under mulched and unmulched ridges.

Methods

We studied the performance of five Eucalyptus clones viz. C-413, C-2135, C-7, PE-8 and PE-11 on mulched and unmulched ridges, their impact on C sequestration in tree biomass and soil organic C pool, and soil properties.

Results

Electrical conductivity (E.C.) of soil under mulched ridges (3.54 ± 0.3 dS m−1) was decreased by ~ 3.9-times, compared with the unmulched ridges (13.9 ± 0.3 dS m−1) due to Eucalyptus plantation. Tree survival rate on mulched ridges was ~ 78.1%, while on unmulched ridges was ~ 63.4%; C-7 clone had the lowest (~ 55.0%), while the PE-8 had significantly (p < 0.05) higher (~ 89.5%) survival rate. Mulching increased the tree girth (~ 8.7%), height (~ 13.8%), timber wood (~ 18.4%), branches (~ 21.8%), twigs + leaves (~ 22.6%) and root biomass (~ 34.6%) after one year of plantation, compared with their plantation on unmulched ridges. Regardless of the plantation method, C-2135 clone had the lowest, while the PE-11 had the highest timber dry biomass, branches, twigs + leaves and root biomass. After 4-years of plantation, trees planted on mulched ridges had significantly higher C sequestration in timber dry biomass by 147.8 ± 18.4 Mg C ha−1 than those on unmulched ridges.

Conclusions

Eucalyptus plantation offers a low cost strategy for C sequestration in waterlogged saline soils. Plastic mulching has overwhelming significance in enhancing tree survival rate and decreasing soil salinity with co-benefits of increased biomass productivity of Eucalyptus.

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Singh, A., Singh, P., Dhillon, G.P.S. et al. Differential impacts of soil salinity and water logging on Eucalyptus growth and carbon sequestration under mulched vs. unmulched soils in south-western Punjab, India. Plant Soil 482, 401–425 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05700-1

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