Nutrient contribution due to litterfall in Tectona grandis (Teak) plantations in drought periods
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https://doi.org/10.37135/ns.01.05.02Keywords:
Dynamics of leaf fall, leaf decomposition, water deficitAbstract
This work's objective was to study the leaf fall dynamics, its contribution of macronutrients in the drought period, and its relationship with the leaves' nutrients in the trees of Teak (Tectona grandis) at different times during the drought period. We used a randomized block design with four replications to evaluate soil texture, the soil moisture content in the dry period, leaf litterfall, and fresh leaf collection from selected trees for subsequent macro-element analysis. The results show that the soil's water content had dropped from 40% to 22% by the end of the drought. This decrease caused the fall of more than 95% of the leaves. The nutrient contributions in decreasing order were: Ca > N > K > P > Mg and were 181.32; 88.4; 46.7; 8.96; 6.46 kg/ha, respectively. In the seven-month dry period, the leaf drop was 8 t / ha. Nutrients N and P were mobilized from the leaves to other parts of the plant during the first five months of the dry period, demonstrating greater utilization efficiency. Based on the fertilization recommendations for Teak, the contribution of nutrients through its litter and nutrient contents in the soil, it is recommended that only N and K fertilization be carried out in the area under study.
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De Deus Rosa, T.; Lacerda Matos Pereira S. W.; & Gonçalves da Silva, R. (2015) concentração e acúmulo de nutrientes em povoamentos de Teca no estado de mato grosso, Brasil CERNE, 21 (1): 51-57
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Fernández-Moya, J., Murillo, Portuguez, E., Fallas, J., Ríos, V., Kottman, F., Verjans, J., Mata, R., & Alvarado, A. (2015). Nutrient accumulation and export in teak (Tectona grandis L.f.) plantations of Central America. iForest 8: 33-44
Garau, A., M., Ghersa, C., M., Lemcoff, J., H. & Barañao J., J. (2009), Weeds in Eucalyptus globulus subsp, maidenii (F, Muell) establishment: Effects of competition on sapling growth and survivorship, New Forests 37: 251-264
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Johnson D., & Turner J. (2019) Tamm Review: Nutrient cycling in forests: A historical look and newer developments, Forest Ecology and Management 444 : 344-373
Klein, V. (2008) Física do Solo, Paso Fundo, Brasil, Editora Universitaria, 212p
Kollert, W. & Cherubini, L. (2012). Teak resources and market assessment 2010. FAO Planted Forests and Trees Working Paper FP/47/E, Rome
Lugo, A., Abelleira Martínez, O., Medina, E., Aymard, G. & Heartsill, T. (2020). Novelty in the tropical forests
of the 21st century. Advances in Ecological Research, 62 https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aecr.2020.01.008
Mollinedo Garcia M., Herrera, M., & Munoz, F. (2016), Caracterización del crecimiento de plantaciones jóvenes de Teca (Tectona grandis Linn f,) y estimación de curvas de índice de sitio en el área septentrional de la República de Guatemala, Madera bosques vol, 22 (2): 89103, http://dx,doi,org/10,21829/myb,2016,2221327,
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Oosterveld, M. & Chang, C. (1980) Empirical relations between laboratory determinations of soil texture and moisture retention. Canadian Agricultural Engineering 22: 149-151
Prescott, C. E., Zabek, L. M., Staley C., L. & Kabzems R. (2002), Decomposition of broadleaf and needle litter in forests of British Columbia: influences of litter type, forest type and litter mixtures, Canadian, Journal, Forest, Research, 30:1742–1750,
Ramachandra, H. & Proctor J. (2007) Fine litterfall and its nutrients in plantations of acacia auricuufobmis, eucalyptus tereticornis and tectona grandis in the chikmagalur district of the western ghats, india, Journal of Tropical Forest Science 10 (1) 73-85
Raigosa, A. Y. 2009. Nutrición y Fertilización Forestal en Regiones Tropicales. San Jose, Costa Rica: centro de investigaciones de costa rica.
Sánchez, C., Lama, D., & Suatunce P. (2007), Hojas caídas y aporte de nutrientes de 10 especies forestales tropicales, Revista Ciencia y Tecnología 1: 73-78,
Sánchez-Salguero, R., N. (2012), Vulnerabilidad frente a la sequía de repoblaciones de dos especies de pinos en su límite meridional en Europa, ECOSISTEMAS, Doi: 10,7818/ECOS,2012,21-3,05,
Sankaran V. (1993). Decomposition of leaf litter of albizia (Paraserianthes falcataria), eucalypt (Eucalyptus tereticornis) and teak (Tectona grandis) in Kerala, India. Forest Ecology and Management 56: 225-242
Thaiutsa, B., & Granger O. (2015), “Climate and the Decomposition rate of–Tropical Forest Litter,” Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Consultado en julio, http://www,fao,org/docrep/n6845e/n6845e05,htm
Tyree M. T., Vargas G., Engelbrecht B. M. J., & Kursar T. A. (2002), Drought until death do us part: a case study of the desiccation-tolerance of a tropical moist forest seedling-tree, Licania platypus (Hemsl,) Fritsch, Journal of Experimental Botany 53: 2239–2247
Tyree, M., T., Engelbrecht, B., M., Vargas, G., & T, A., Kursar, (2003), Desiccation tolerance of five tropical seedlings in Panama: Relationship to a field assessment of drought performance, Plant Physiology, 132: 1439-1447
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Nutrient contribution due to litterfall in Tectona grandis (Teak) plantations in drought periods. (2020). Novasinergia, ISSN 2631-2654, 3(1), 17-26. https://doi.org/10.37135/ns.01.05.02
