Week 03: Agriculture systems that sequester C
This lecture discuss different Agricultural systems and practices in ensure greater amount of C to be sequester in soil as soil C pool
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Course Material
- Week 01: Time table + Introduction to carbon sequestration and Global C cycle
- Week 02: Soil C and pools of Carbon in soil
- Week 03: Agriculture systems that sequester C
- Week 04: Agriculture systems supporting C sequestration
- Week 05: Crop management practices to sequester SOC
- Week 06: Co-benefits & challenges to enhance Soil C storage
- Week 07: Different forms of Organic matter in soil and their decomposition
- Week 08: Role of Organic matter in soil productivity
- Week 09: Introduction to Biochar and Black Carbon
- Week 10: General properties of biochar
- week 11: Chemical composition and C sequestration potential of biochar
- Week 12: Mechanism of biochar to reduce emission of GHG and Introduction to Pyrolysis and its types
- Week 13: Pyrolysis based on temperature
- Week 14: Pyrolysis based on feedstock, its application strategies and summary
- Week 15: Effect of biochar on soil properties and its negative effects on soil
- Week 16: Practicals : Determination of Organic matter and organic C and CO2 emission form soil 16
- Chapters 16
- Department Soil and Environmental Sciences
- Teacher
Dr. Muhammad Awais Piracha
