Carbon sequestration tree biomass growth and rubber yield of PB260 clone of rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) in North Sumatera

Hosaka T., . and Watanabe N., . and Gyokusen K., . and Sone K., . and Takase M., . Carbon sequestration tree biomass growth and rubber yield of PB260 clone of rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) in North Sumatera. pp. 115-127. ISSN 1511-1768

It is desirable to supply the rising demand for industrial crop materials without increasing the amount of land cultivated for crops if possible. Quantitative information about biomass growth and carbon sequestration by crops is fundamental knowledge that can be used to improve crop yield per unit of cultivation area. In the present study we measured trunk diameter tree height and biomass of a PB260 clone of the Par¡ rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis (Willd.) Muell. Arg. The natural rubber from this tree is used mainly to make tyres and is one of the most important industrial crop materials. We also measured the soil carbon in stands that had been planted from two to 20 years earlier in northern Sumatra Indonesia. The biomass of each tree was estimated from the measurement of the trunk diameter and these data were combined with the rubber yield data in order to estimate the amount of carbon sequestered annually by the estate as a whole. The tree biomass growth and rubber yield rates peaked at eight and ten years after planting respectively. After that point the tree growth rate declined more rapidly than the rubber yield rate. As a result the percentage of the trees overall biomass composed by rubber consistently increased from 5 in a three year old tree to 40 in a 20 year old tree. The estimated annual carbon sequestered as tree biomass and as rubber were 4.2 tC ha“1 year“1 and 1.9 tC ha“1 year“1 respectively.

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Abstract

It is desirable to supply the rising demand for industrial crop materials without increasing the amount of land cultivated for crops if possible. Quantitative information about biomass growth and carbon sequestration by crops is fundamental knowledge that can be used to improve crop yield per unit of cultivation area. In the present study we measured trunk diameter tree height and biomass of a PB260 clone of the Par¡ rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis (Willd.) Muell. Arg. The natural rubber from this tree is used mainly to make tyres and is one of the most important industrial crop materials. We also measured the soil carbon in stands that had been planted from two to 20 years earlier in northern Sumatra Indonesia. The biomass of each tree was estimated from the measurement of the trunk diameter and these data were combined with the rubber yield data in order to estimate the amount of carbon sequestered annually by the estate as a whole. The tree biomass growth and rubber yield rates peaked at eight and ten years after planting respectively. After that point the tree growth rate declined more rapidly than the rubber yield rate. As a result the percentage of the trees overall biomass composed by rubber consistently increased from 5 in a three year old tree to 40 in a 20 year old tree. The estimated annual carbon sequestered as tree biomass and as rubber were 4.2 tC ha“1 year“1 and 1.9 tC ha“1 year“1 respectively.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Carbon
AGROVOC Term:	Biomass
AGROVOC Term:	Scrubbers
AGROVOC Term:	Hevea brasiliensis
AGROVOC Term:	Rubber crops
AGROVOC Term:	Yields
AGROVOC Term:	Cultivated land
AGROVOC Term:	Tree trunks
AGROVOC Term:	Growth rate
AGROVOC Term:	Industrial crops
Depositing User:	Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 06:28
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22956

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