National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Methane emission from various sources of biosphere contributes to the global warming/climate change related problems. Methane release from standing dead or age old trees, a new-fangled source for emission of CH4, was investigated. The experiment was carried out in tropical and sub-tropical forest ecoregions of Western Ghats of India. A standardized protocol was formulated for sampling and analysis of the gas samples collected from dead/decay trees. Based on our standardized protocol maximum and minimum emission of CH4 concentration was recorded. The result confirms that dead trees in forests release significant quantity of methane and henceforth could be another source contributing to global warming. Our data suggest that the average methane emission from dead trees of Rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia) was 1949.89 ppm, Matti (Terminalia tomentosa) was 4630.36 ppm, Teak (Tectona grandis) was 1561.92 ppm and Shisham (Dalbergia sisso) was 3059.45 ppm.
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