Volume : IV, Issue : VIII, August - 2015

Standing crop biomass of a grassland community of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha

Anjali Dash, Dr Kamal L. Barik

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The standing crop biomass of a grassland community of Mayurbhanj district (220 11’N; 860 41’E) in the state of Odisha was studied following sequential harvest method as proposed by Odum (1960). The mean livegreen, standing dead and litter biomass of the community were found to be 460.85g m–2, 269.67 g m–2 and 64.19 g m–2 respectively. The belowground biomass was found to be maximum in the month of September (698.24 g m–2). The mean values of livegreen, standing dead and litter biomass, somehow, showed similarity with the grassland of Berhampur (Barik, 2006) whereas the maximum belowground biomass value of the community exhibited similarity with the grassland of Phulbani as reported by Behera (1994)

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Anjali Dash, Dr Kamal L. Barik Standing Crop Biomass of a Grassland Community of Mayurbhanj District, Odisha International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 8 August 2015

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