<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><article><front><Journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type='publisher'>CWE/1296/2018</journal-id><journal-title >Current World Environment</journal-title><issn pub-type='PPub'>0973-4929</issn><issn pub-type='ePub'>2320-8031</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Enviro Research Publishers</publisher-name></publisher></Journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type='other'>CWE--59-00</article-id><title-group><article-title>Biomass Carbon, Carbon Sequestration Potential and Soil Properties as Influence by Different Modules for Management of Chambal Ravines</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type='ppub'><publicationDate></publicationDate></pub-date><doi>10.12944/CWE.13.3.19</doi><volume>Volume 13</volume><issue>Volume 13</issue><page>464-470</page><abstract><title>Abstract</title><p>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:14px&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif&quot;&gt;Erosion through ravines causes many problems on bank of Chambal river in Madhya Pradesh. It damages rangelands, croplands and infra-structures. Plantation of different fruit trees (&lt;em&gt;Moringa oleifera, Amblica officinalis, Psidium guaijava, Ziziphuszezuba, Punica grantum, Annonasquamosa&lt;/em&gt;), forest / medicinal trees (C&lt;em&gt;enchr sciliaris,Azardirechtaindica&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Pongamia pinnata, &lt;/em&gt;A&lt;em&gt;lbizialebbeck, &amp;nbsp;Dalbergiasisso &lt;/em&gt;and &lt;em&gt;Acacia nilotica&lt;/em&gt;)) and some grasses (lemon grass, pamarosa, para and napier grass) under four management modules &lt;em&gt;viz&lt;/em&gt;. M&lt;sub&gt;1&lt;/sub&gt;-diversified cropping system, M&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;- Agri-horticultural, M&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt;- Horti-pastoral, M&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt;- Silvi-medicinal and M&lt;sub&gt;5&lt;/sub&gt;- Silvi-pastoral were raised during 2012 at 3x3 m spacing. Plants absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by the process of photosynthesis and store the carbon (C) as biomass.The highest biomass carbon wasyielded in ModuleM&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt;, followed by M&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;, M&lt;sub&gt;5&lt;/sub&gt;, M&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; and M&lt;sub&gt;1&lt;/sub&gt;, respectively. The average biomass carbon was found highest in grasses followed by fruit and forest trees. The study shows that the carbon sequestration in soil (0-15 cm) was found highest in M&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; (0.45%) followed by M&lt;sub&gt;5&lt;/sub&gt; (0.44%), M&lt;sub&gt;1&lt;/sub&gt; (0.36%), M&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; (0.35%) and between depth 15-25 cm the soil sequestration was highest in M&lt;sub&gt;1&lt;/sub&gt;. The percent increase in soil carbon from 2012 to 2017 was highest in M&lt;sub&gt;1&lt;/sub&gt; (0-15 cm), while in depth 15-25 cm M&lt;sub&gt;4&amp;nbsp;&lt;/sub&gt;showedhighest increase in soil carbon. Available nutrient status showedtremendous changes over initial value whereas available phosphorous showed decreasing trend under all modules after six years of studies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><title>Keywords</title><kwd>Biomass</kwd><kwd> Carbon Sequestration</kwd><kwd> Ravine and Soil Properties</kwd></kwd-group><counts><ref-count count='' /><page-count count='' /></counts></article-meta></front></article>