Determination of Carrying Capacity of a Sown Pasture in the Pothwar Plateau of Pakistan

Sultana, Fouzia; Qamar, A Imtiaz; Sultani, M. I.; Ali, Asghar; Arshad, Muhammad

doi:10.3923/pjbs.2000.2077.2078

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“…Similar study was carried out by (Sultana, 2000) that highlighted the carrying capacity of the pasture in the Pothwar region where Mott grass was examined for dry matter, carrying capacity and crude protein comparative to other grass like blue panic and sesbania. Elephant or Mott grass were significantly more productive yielding 25-30 tons (22679-27215 kg) dry matter per hectare compared to others, similarly a highly significant difference was seen in carrying capacity of the grasses as Mott grass was capable of supporting about 50 AU/ha.…”

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“…Elephant or Mott grass were significantly more productive yielding 25-30 tons (22679-27215 kg) dry matter per hectare compared to others, similarly a highly significant difference was seen in carrying capacity of the grasses as Mott grass was capable of supporting about 50 AU/ha. The study concluded that elephant or Mott grass are highly productive than other grass species for providing better and instant forage production (Sultana, 2000).…”

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Carbon Sequestration and Biomass Assessment of Mott Grass (Pennisetum purpureum), in three Growth Stages in Barani Areas of Pothwar, Pakistan

Shehzadi¹,

Farooq²,

Kausar³

et al. 2021

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Alternative renewable energy is getting progress in current era keeping in view of energy insecurity in the coming years and the ever increasing threat of environmental and social health due to the use of fossil fuel. Lingo-cellulosic biomass has seen getting fame as bioenergy crops in maintaining food security alongside fulfilling energy demands. Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) has turn out the promising nutritious forage to the livestock on the sustainable basis, feedstock for biofuel and also has proven to be environmental friendly. The purpose of this study is to assess the biomass production of mott grass and its capability to sequester Carbon from the environment in the barani areas of Pothwar region in Pakistan. The research study was conducted under rained condition in the field area of Rangeland Research Institute National Agricultural Research Centre Islamabad. In this regard an experimental plot of one acre area was established in the field area of RRI, NARC, Islamabad. Grass tuft of sized 15 cm was collected from the grass nursery of range land Research Institute (RRI) and plantation was carried out in one acre in barani condition. The area was laid down and plant to plant distance was 60 cm and row to row distance 90 cm kept in the research study area in RRI, NARC. The parameters of this experiment were included biomass production (BP) kg/ ha, carrying capacity (CC) kg/ha and carbon stock (CS) kg C /ha after interval of 21, 45 and 60 days along with the proximate analysis including protein content, crude fiber, ether extract, and total digestible nutrients. Significant results were obtained by applying ANOVA test on the data retrieved. All three factors (BP, CC and CS) showed maximum results after 60 days of growth. The result indicated that after the 60 days interval the animal unit per month gave the maximum fodder (7.0667 AU/M/Ha) that proposed to be grazed for large ruminants and then 21 small ruminants on the same biomass and also maximum forage production recorded 3882 kg/ha and it sequester carbon to up to 3560 kg C/ha in the given interval. Increase in fiber and ash content also justify the increase in biomass yield of the plant after interval of 60 days. The study indicates that Mott grass or Napier grass based on its high biomass yield is an effective approach in maintaining the fodder quality for animals on the sustainable basis and being bioenergy crop could make it a viable asset in declining the carbon burden off from environment and fulfilling the upcoming energy demands.

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confidence: 97%

Carbon Sequestration and Biomass Assessment of Mott Grass (Pennisetum purpureum), in three Growth Stages in Barani Areas of Pothwar, Pakistan

Shehzadi¹,

Farooq²,

Kausar³

et al. 2021

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Evaluation of Tropical Grasses for Forage Yield and Crude Protein Content in the Pothwar Plateau of Pakistan

Ali¹,

Qamar²,

Ali³

et al. 2001

J. of Biological Sciences

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Yield and forage quality was estimated for buffel grass, blue panic grass, love grass, napier grass and mott grass was estimated. Mott grass out-yielded all other grasses in terms of plant height (248 cm), number of tillers per plant (96), dry matter yield (22 t haG 1) while love grass was least productive with plant height of 121 cm, dry matter yield of 2.9 t haG 1 and crude protein of 75.3 kgha G1. Mott grass may be regarded as the best choice for high forage yield and crude protein content in the Pothwar plateau conditions.

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Economic Valuation of Annual Carbon Sequestration Potential for Woody and Shrubby Land Cover

Nejadi¹,

Rahbar²

2012

J. of Environmental Science and Technology

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Determination of Carrying Capacity of a Sown Pasture in the Pothwar Plateau of Pakistan

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Carbon Sequestration and Biomass Assessment of Mott Grass (Pennisetum purpureum), in three Growth Stages in Barani Areas of Pothwar, Pakistan

Carbon Sequestration and Biomass Assessment of Mott Grass (Pennisetum purpureum), in three Growth Stages in Barani Areas of Pothwar, Pakistan

Evaluation of Tropical Grasses for Forage Yield and Crude Protein Content in the Pothwar Plateau of Pakistan

Economic Valuation of Annual Carbon Sequestration Potential for Woody and Shrubby Land Cover

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