| Medicinal plants as a potential strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under Egyptian conditions |
| Paper ID : 1023-FCANVU |
| Authors |
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ibrahim eldesouki arafat *1, Ahmed El-Sayed Dapour2 1Agriculture Research Center, Horticulture Research Institute, Giza, Egypt 2المنصورة- الدقهلية |
| Abstract |
| The earth’s climate is changing because of the increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) concentration. Carbon dioxide is the primary greenhouse gas contributing to recent climate change. The study was carried out during 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 on six-year-old trees of oleander (Nerium oleander L.) and moringa Moringa oleifera L in tow governorates of Egypt (El-Bihera and Al-Dakahlia) to investigate the potential effect of oleander N. oleander and M. oleifera trees on reducing greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide. The results indicate that growth performance [plant height (m), diameter (m), volume (m3) and biomass (kg/tree)], carbon content (kg/tree) and carbon dioxide sequestration/tree (kg/tree) of M. oleifera was significantly higher (P ≤ 0.05) as compared N. oleander in two governorates. It was observed that the maximum sequestration of carbon dioxide was recorded (86.35 and 78.63 Kg/tree) for M. oleifera in El-Bihera and Al-Dakahlia, respectively. Recommendations are proposed for strategising the future role and place for medicinal plants in greenhouse gas mitigation. |
| Keywords |
| greenhouse gas, oleander, Moringa, Oleander carbon dioxide, sequestration |
| Status: Accepted |