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http://dx.doi.org/10.7235/hort.2013.13105

Carbon and Nitrogen Stocks of Trees and Soils in a 'Niitaka' Pear Orchard  

Lee, Tae-Kyu (Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University)
Choi, Jang-Jeon (Pear Research Station, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration)
Kim, Jong-Sung (Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University)
Lee, Han-Chan (Pear Research Station, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration)
Ro, Hee-Myong (Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University)
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Horticultural Science & Technology / v.31, no.6, 2013 , pp. 828-832 More about this Journal
Abstract
To report country-specific carbon and nitrogen stocks data in a pear orchard by Tier 3 approach of 2006 IPCC guidelines for national greenhouse gas inventories, an experimental pear orchard field of the Pear Research Station, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration, Naju, Korea ($35^{\circ}01^{\prime}27.70N$, $126^{\circ}44^{\prime}53.50^{\prime\prime}E$, 6 m altitude), where 15-year-old 'Niitaka' pear (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai cv. Niitaka) trees were planted at a $5.0m{\times}3.0m$ spacing on a Tatura trellis system, was chosen to assess the total amount of carbon and nitrogen stocks stored in the trees and orchard soil profiles. At the sampling time (August 2012), three trees were uprooted, and separated into six fractions: trunk, main branches, lateral branches (including shoots), leaves, fruits, and roots. Soil samples were collected from 0 to 0.6 m depth at 0.1 m intervals at 0.5 m from the trunk. Dry mass per tree was 4.7 kg for trunk, 13.3 kg for main branches, 13.9 kg for lateral branches, 3.7 kg for leaves, 6.7 kg for fruits, and 14.1 kg for roots. Amounts of C and N per tree were respectively 2.3 and 0.02 kg for trunk, 6.4 and 0.07 kg for main branches, 6.4 and 0.09 kg for lateral branches, 6.5 and 0.07 kg for roots, 1.7 and 0.07 kg for leaves, and 3.2 and 0.03 kg for fruits. Carbon and nitrogen stocks stored between the soil surface and a depth of 60 cm were 138.29 and $13.31Mg{\cdot}ha^{-1}$, respectively, while those contained in pear trees were 17.66 and $0.23Mg{\cdot}ha^{-1}$ based on a tree density of 667 $trees{\cdot}ha^{-1}$. Overall, carbon and nitrogen stocks per hectare stored in a pear orchard were 155.95 and 13.54 Mg, respectively.
Keywords
carbon stocks; IPCC 2006 guideline; nitrogen stocks; net primary productivity; Pyrus pyrifolia; Tier 3;
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