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Estimating Aboveground Biomass of Oil Palm Trees by Using the Destructive Method

1Department of Geoinformation, University Technology Malaysia, Skudai Johor, Malaysia

2Department of Forestry, University of Hasanuddin, Makassar, Indonesia


World Journal of Agricultural Research. 2015, Vol. 3 No. 1, 17-19
DOI: 10.12691/wjar-3-1-4
Copyright © 2015 Science and Education Publishing

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Putri Ida Sunaryathy, Suhasman, Kasturi Devi Kanniah, Kian Pang Tan. Estimating Aboveground Biomass of Oil Palm Trees by Using the Destructive Method. World Journal of Agricultural Research. 2015; 3(1):17-19. doi: 10.12691/wjar-3-1-4.

Correspondence to: Putri  Ida Sunaryathy, Department of Geoinformation, University Technology Malaysia, Skudai Johor, Malaysia. Email: putri_idaw@yahoo.com

Abstract

Palm oil is one of the important commodities in Indonesia. Estimating the aboveground biomass of oil palms is one of the most important oil palm carbon studies. The objective of this study was to estimate the aboveground biomass of oil palm trees at plot scale for three age classes namely, class 1 (1 to 3 years), class 2 (4 to 10 years) and class 3 (11 to 20 years) in South Sulawesi, Indonesia using destructive method. The AGB for each age class: class 1, class 2, and class 3 they are 5.84 kg tree-1, 173.17 kg tree-1, 823.50 kg tree-1 respectively.

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