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The experiment was carried out with the aim of evaluating the topsoil carbon level of different plantation crop stand and forest stand and to assess the relationship between soil organic carbon and particle size. Soil samples were taken from the 0–30 cm depth of oil palm, teak, and dikka nut plantations and a virgin forest of about 18–20 years old Teak plantation had significantly higher soil organic carbon concentration than the oil palm, dikka nut plantations and virgin forest. Soil organic carbon were similar for the Dikka nut plantation and virgin forest but were both higher than the organic carbon value in the Oil palm plantation. There was a strong relationship between soil organic carbon and clay content (r = 0.91, P < 0.05) and a negative relationship between soil organic carbon and sand (r = −0.84, P < 0.05) and a relationship between soil organic carbon and silt (r = 0.68, P < 0.05).
The findings from this experiment suggest that Teak plantations may be advantageous for increasing soil fertility as regards to soil organic carbon.
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Ogeh, J.S. (2014). Soil Organic Carbon Stocks Under Plantation Crops and Forest in the Rainforest Zone of Nigeria. In: Hartemink, A., McSweeney, K. (eds) Soil Carbon. Progress in Soil Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04084-4_46
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