@article{Magar_Khadka_Joshi_Pokharel_Rana_Thapa_Sharma_Khadka_Marasini_Parajuli_2018, title={Total Biomass Carbon Sequestration Ability Under the Changing Climatic Condition by Paulownia tomentosa Steud}, volume={6}, url={https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/IJASBT/article/view/20772}, DOI={10.3126/ijasbt.v6i3.20772}, abstractNote={<p>The concentration of carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) has risen continuously in atmosphere due to human induced activities, and has been considered the predominant cause of global climate change. <em>Paulowina tomentosa </em>Steud. (<em>P. tomentosa</em>), a multipurpose tree is popular around global market for its timber and its potential role in CO<sub>2</sub> sequestration. In this study, the total biomass carbon of five years old and newly planted<em> P. tomentosa</em> has been estimated. The results indicated that the average total biomass carbon of five years old plant was found to be 4.52±0.53Kg C Year<sup>-1</sup> per tree i.e. 9.04±1.06-ton C ha<sup>-1 </sup>Year<sup>-1 </sup>(assuming 2000 plants per hector). Likewise, the average total biomass carbon of newly planted <em>P. tomentosa</em> within 4 months was found to be 6.07±0.38 Kg in remote village area in Nepal. The estimated biomass carbon in one year of newly planted plants was found to be 18.21±1.14 Kg Year<sup>-1 </sup>i.e. 0.36-ton C ha<sup>-1</sup> Year<sup>-1</sup>. These findings reveled that short rotational trees like <em>P. tomentosa </em>can be implemented in agroforestry system to reduce the green house emission in cities and emphasizes the carbon storage potential of agroforestry. <em>In</em> <em>vitro </em>micro propagation technique could be implemented to produce genetically uniform clone of <em>P. tomentosa</em> and can be applied in agroforestry system for the adaptation and to mitigate global climate change.</p><p><em>Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 6(3): 220-226</em></p>}, number={3}, journal={International Journal of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology}, author={Magar, Lila Bahadur and Khadka, Saraswoti and Joshi, Jay Raj Raj and Pokharel, Uttam and Rana, Nabin and Thapa, Puspa and Sharma, Kishan Raj Sharma Raj and Khadka, Uddav and Marasini, Bishnu Prasad and Parajuli, Niranjan}, year={2018}, month={Oct.}, pages={220–226} }