Coconut Carbon Sequestration Part 1 / Highlights on Carbon Cycle in Coconut Plantations
Keywords:
C balance, Productivity, C allocation, Litter, Soil Organic Matter, Cocos nucifera L.
Abstract
This article reviews scientific information in order to prepare application of coconut plantations to the Clean Development Mechanism CDM of the Kyoto Protocol. It sums up some theories for describing the C cycle within a given plantation, separating the coconut trees, the under-storey and the soil. It synthesizes recent reports about the C cycle (stocks and fluxes) of a chronosequence of coconut plantations, considered to be a reference for productivity (high level of fertility, no drought). It gives figures for the potential C balance of a coconut plantation and compares them to other tropical humid evergreen forests. Although the results should not be extrapolated without caution, they highlight some main traits of this peculiar crop, such as a high productivity and a large C allocation into organs displaying rapid turnover (bunches of fruits, fine roots, leaves, peduncle and spikelets), the fate of which is to be turned into litter. Moreover, results bring new insights into the physiology of this plant, which is of high interest for understanding the components of yield, such as reserve dynamics. They also confirm that litter management is crucial for the C fixation and the sustainability of coconut cultivation, especially when the levels of inputs are low.
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Dauzat, J., Rapidel, B. and Berger, A. 2001. Simulation of leaf transpiration and sap flow in virtual plants: model description and application to a coffee plantation in Costa Rica. Agric. For. Meteorol. 109 (2): 143 -160.
de Pury, D.G.G. and Farquhar, G.D. 1997. Simple scaling of photosynthesis from leaves to canopies without the errors of big-leaf models. Plant Cell and Environment 20: 537-557.
IPCC 2007. IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. Available on internet at http://www.ipcc.ch/.
Lamanda, N., Dauzat, J., Jourdan, C., Martin, P. and Malezieux, E. 2008. Using 3D architectural models to assess light availability and root bulkiness in coconut agroforestry systems. Agroforestry Systems 72: 63-74.
Lamanda, N., Joffre, R., Malézieux, E., Roupsard, O. and Martin, P. 2004a. Soil organic matter in Coconut agroforestry systems. A key to sustainability ? [Poster], In : World Congress of Agroforestry, Orlando, USA, 27 June - 2 July 2004.
Lamanda, N., Malezieux, E. and Martin, P. 2004b. Spatial distribution and dynamics of coconut tree (Cocos nucifera L.)-based cropping systems in a Melanesian island (Malo, Vanuatu). Cahiers Agricultures 13 (6): 459-466.
Luyssaert, S., Inglima, I., Jung, M., Richardson, A.D., Reichsteins, M., Papale, D., Piao, S.L., Schulzes, E.D., Wingate, L., Matteucci, G., Aragao, L., Aubinet, M., Beers, C., Bernhoffer, C., Black, K.G., Bonal, D., Bonnefond, J.M., Chambers, J., Ciais, P., Cook, B., Davis, K.J., Dolman, A.J., Gielen, B., Goulden, M., Grace, J., Granier, A., Grelle, A., Griffis, T., Grunwald, T., Guidolotti, G., Hanson, P.J., Harding, R., Hollinger, D.Y., Hutyra, L.R., Kolar, P., Kruijt, B., Kutsch, W., Lagergren, F., Laurila, T., Law, B.E., Le Maire, G., Lindroth, A., Loustau, D., Malhi, Y., Mateus, J., Migliavacca, M., Misson, L., Montagnani, L., Moncrieff, J., Moors, E., Munger, J.W., Nikinmaa, E., Ollinger, S.V., Pita, G., Rebmann, C., Roupsard, O., Saigusa, N., Sanz, M.J., Seufert, G., Sierra, C., Smith, M.L., Tang, J., Valentini, R., Vesala, T. and Janssens, I.A. 2007. CO2 balance of boreal, temperate, and tropical forests derived from a global database. Global Change Biology 13 (12): 2509-2537.
Mialet-Serra, I., Clément-Vidal, A., Roupsard, O., Jourdan, C. and Dingkuhn, M. 2008. Whole-plant adjustments in coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) in response to sink-source imbalance. Tree Physiology (Accepted).
Mialet-Serra, I., Clement, A., Sonderegger, N., Roupsard, O., Jourdan, C., Labouisse, J.P. and Dingkuhn, N. 2005. Assimilate storage in vegetative organs of coconut (Cocos nucifera). Experimental Agriculture 41 (2): 161-174.
Mialet-Serra, I., Dauzat, J. and Auclair, D. 2001. The use of plant architectural models for estimating radiation transfer in coconut-based farming systems. Agroforestry Systems 53: 141-149.
Navarro, M., Jourdan, C., Sileye, T., Braconnier, S., Mialet-Serra, I., Saint-Andre, L., Dauzat, J., Nouvellon, Y., Epron, D., Bonnefond, J.M., Berbigier, P., Rouziere, A., Bouillet, J.P. and Roupsard, O. 2008. Annual and seasonal carbon balance closure in a tropical humid coconut plantation: fruits lag NPP behind GPP. Tree Physiol. (final revision).
Roupsard, O., Bonnefond, J. and Luyssaert, S. 2007a. Productivity of a tropical plantation of coconut tree (Cocos nucifera, L.), compared with tropical evergreen humid forests. Asiaflux Newsletter 23: 4-9.
Roupsard, O., Bonnefond, J.M., Irvine, M., Berbigier, P., Nouvellon, Y., Dauzat, J., Taga, S., Hamel, O., Jourdan, C., Saint-Andre, L., Mialet-Serra, I., Labouisse, J.P., Epron, D., Joffre, R., Braconnier, S., Rouziere, A., Navarro, M. and Bouillet, J.P. 2006. Partitioning energy and evapo-transpiration above and below a tropical palm canopy. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 139 (3-4): 252-268.
Roupsard, O., Dauzat, J., Nouvellon, Y., Deveau, A., Feintrenie, L., Saint-Andre, L., Mialet-Serra, I., Braconnier, S., Bonnefond, J.-M., Berbigier, P., Epron, D., Jourdan, C., Navarro, M. and Bouillet, J.-P. 2008. Cross-validating Sun-shade and 3D models of light absorption by a tree-crop canopy. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 148 (4): 549-564.
Roupsard, O., Dauzat, J., Nouvellon, Y., Jourdan, C., Bonnefond, J.M., Berbigier, P., Navarro, M., Epron, D., Saint-André, L., Mialet-Serra, I., Hamel, O. and Bouillet, J.P. 2007b. Partitioning Light and Water Use Efficiencies (LUE, WUE) between cover tree (Cocos nucifera L.) and grass under-storey, using eddy covariance, LAI-2000 and Net Primary Productivity (NPP). In: P.J. Vaast (Editor), Multistrata Agroforestry Systems with Perennial Crops: making ecosystem services count for farmers, consumers and the environment. Agroforestry Systems, Springer, Turrialba, Costa Rica, pp. 8.
Saint-André, L., Roupsard, O., Marsden, C., Thongo M’Bou, A., D’Annunzio, R., De Grandcourt, A., Jourdan, C., Derrien, D., Picard, N., Zeller, B., Harmand, J.-M., Levillain, J., Henry, M., Nouvellon, Y., Deleporte, P., Bouillet, J.-P. and Laclau, J.-P. 2007. Literature review on current methodologies to assess C balance in CDM Afforestation/reforestation projects and a few relevant alternatives for assessing water and nutrient balance, as a complement to carbon sequestration assessments. EU-CARBOAFRICA STREP Project no. 037132 Report (WP 6.4): Quantification, understanding and prediction of carbon cycle, and other GHG gases, in Sub-Saharan Africa. 105pp
Published
2008-04-01
How to Cite
O. Roupsard. (2008). Coconut Carbon Sequestration Part 1 / Highlights on Carbon Cycle in Coconut Plantations. CORD, 24(1), 14. https://doi.org/10.37833/cord.v24i1.155
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