Tropical Small Island Agriculture Management
Vol 1 No 2 (2021): Tropical Small Island Agriculture Management

Analysis of Biomass Content of Bottom Plants and Biomass Litter on Agroforestry Land with Slash and Buring System

Syarif Ohorella (Departemen of Forestry. Muhammadiyah University Sorong. West Papua-Indonesia)
Mira Herawati Soekamto (Departemen of Agrotechnology, Muhammadiyah University Sorong. West Papua-Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Dec 2021

Abstract

In this land use, humans act as ecosystem regulators, namely by getting rid of components that he considers useless or by developing features that are expected to support their land use (Mather, 1986; Gandasasmita, 2018), which is a residue and others that can increase soil fertility levels such as soil organic matter, biomass, and necromass. This study aims to measure the biomass content of lower plants and litter biomass on agroforestry land with a slash and burn system. Before and after the combustion process, the ten soil samples showed more C-organic content before the combustion treatment, with a total C-organic of 8.16% - 7.8% = 0.36% C-organic released. The organic matter available before burning is more when compared to after burning, which is 14.05% - 13.43% = 0.62% of the organic matter released. Biomass litter contained wet weight 2500g – 3910g dry weight = -1410 grams of carbon emitted.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

tsiam

Publisher

Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry

Description

The journal aims to advance communication among scientists in disparate fields who share a common interest in tropical agriculture and to narrow the gap between research workers, farm managers, and extension personnel in the field for mutual benefit. The scope of the journal includes all ...