Appraisal of Carbon Capture, Storage, and Utilization Through Fruit Crops

Abstract

Nowadays, rapid increases in anthropogenic activities have resulted in increased greenhouse gases (GHGs; CO2, CH4, N2O) release in the atmosphere, resulting in increased global mean temperature, aberrant precipitation patterns, and several other climate changes that affect ecological and human lives on this planet. This article reviews the adaptation and mitigation of climate change by assessing carbon capture, storage, and utilization by fruit crops. Perennial plants in forests, fruit orchards, and grasslands are efficient sinks of atmospheric carbon, whereas field crops are a great source of GHG due to soil disturbance, emission of CH4 and/or N2O from burning straw, and field management involving direct (fuel) or indirect (chemicals) emissions from fossil fuels. Thus, there is a need to establish sustainable agricultural systems that can minimize emissions and are capable of sequestering carbon within the atmosphere. Fruit orchards and vineyards have great structural characteristics, such as long life cycle; permanent organs such as trunk, branches, and roots; null soil tillage (preserving soil organic matter); high quality and yield, which allow them to accumulate a significant amount of carbon. Hence, the fruit plants have significant potential to sequester carbon in the atmosphere. However, the efficiency of carbon sequestration by different fruit crops and their management systems may vary due to their growth and development patterns, physiological behavior, biomass accumulation, and environmental factors.

Revisión del impacto de concentraciones elevadas de CO2 sobre frutales en la era del cambio climático

“…To avoid losses in fruit production due to e-CO2, Haokip et al (2020) proposed implementing a plan based on a strategic scientific impact assessment with the adaptations and mitigation necessary. Sharma et al (2021) confirmed that sustainable fruit production systems could mitigate emissions and sequester carbon within the atmosphere. Besides the shallow soil tillage, which preserves the soil organic matter, the structural characteristics of orchards and vineyards, including their long-life cycle, permanent organs (trunk, branches, roots), and high yields, force them to accumulate a considerable amount of carbon (Sharma et al, 2021).…”

“…Sharma et al (2021) confirmed that sustainable fruit production systems could mitigate emissions and sequester carbon within the atmosphere. Besides the shallow soil tillage, which preserves the soil organic matter, the structural characteristics of orchards and vineyards, including their long-life cycle, permanent organs (trunk, branches, roots), and high yields, force them to accumulate a considerable amount of carbon (Sharma et al, 2021). Also, Marín et al (2016) reported high carbon fixation rates (17.7 t year -1 ) in agroforestry systems with citrus species.…”

Tissue-cultured regeneration and ecological values in major bamboo species

“…The carbon sequestration of 20 mg/ha/year in above-ground parts and 35.6 mg/ha/year in below-ground parts were sunk by Phyllostachys heteroclada in China forest (Wang et al 2013). The carbon assimilation of 24.7 mg/ha/year in aboveground parts and 69.2 mg/ha/year in below-ground parts and 42.2 mg/ha/year in above-ground parts and 59.0 mg/ ha/year in below-ground parts were sunk by the Phyllostachys maikinoi and Phyllostachys meyeri in Taiwan and China forest respectively (Sharma et al 2021). The carbon assimilation of 14.5 mg/ha/year in above-ground parts and 12.2 mg/ha/year in below-ground parts and 28.2 mg/ ha/year in above-ground parts and 15.1 mg/ha/year in below-ground parts were sunk by the Phyllostachys nidularia and Phyllostachys nigra in South Korea and China forest respectively (Lv et al 2020).…”

Assessing Soil Organic Carbon Pool for Potential Climate-Change Mitigation in Agricultural Soils—A Case Study Fayoum Depression, Egypt

“…Fruit trees have excellent structural qualities that enable them to acquire a substantial quantity of carbon, such as a long life cycle, permanent organs like trunks, branches, and roots, zero soil tillage (maintaining soil organic matter), and high quality and yield. Consequently, fruit plants have great potential to absorb atmospheric carbon [96]. Global warming and air pollution are two challenges the globe faces today, and the two problems are interrelated.…”