Effect of fertilization on fine root production in an Acacia mangium Willd plantation in Quang Ninh province
Keywords:
Acacia mangiumplantation, fertilization, fine root, mass-balanced model,, production.Abstract
Roots (diameter ≤ 2 mm) of forest trees are known as fine roots. Such roots
absorb water and nutrients to sustain tree’s life and play an important role
in carbon cycle and soil nutrient in forest ecosystem. Study in a 2-year-old
plantation of Acacia mangiumWilld in Quang Ninh province indicated that
fertilization increases fine root production. In control (without fertilization)
fine root production was 707.86 g/(m
2.year), increasing to 972.86 (g/m
2
.year)
in fertilizing 400 g P
2O5(16.5%) + 100 g K
2
O (60%)/tree (CT400) and to
1,252.88 (g/m
2
.year) in fertilizing 600 g P
2O5+ 100 g K2
O/tree (CT600). In
growing season/summer, fine root production achieved 60.2% annual fine
root production in control, reducing to 61.9% in CT400 and to 52.4% in
CT600. It is concluded that fertilization plays an important role in forest
plantation carbon cycle, increasing carbon sequestration and soil carbon
sink, contributing to reducing global warming and climate change
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