Influence of Rubber Plantation on Soil Fertility and Greenhouse gas Emission

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Issariyaporn Damrongrak

Abstract

Rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) is such a long life harvesting plant. Soil fertility under rubber plantation was decreased along rubber stand age, especially from crop removal and soil erosion in sloping area. Fertilizer application, legume crop covering and the use of suitable cropping system can be maintained soil fertility. Conversion of natural forest to rubber plantation effect to the species and density of soil macrofouna, and, finally it can be adjust to the equilibrium. Large amount of greenhouse gases emitted from deforestation for rubber plantation establishment. However, gasses emission from rubber plantation was slightly low. Moreover, rubber plantation can mitigate the global worming by carbon sequestration.

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