Estimated Stored Carbon Stock in Tea Plantation at Various Elevation

Abstract

The tea plant is a plantation crop that has been widely cultivated in Indonesia and provides potential as a carbon dioxide absorption to decrease global warming. However, the potential for carbon dioxide absorption at various altitudes where tea is grown is not widely known. The research objective was to estimate the potential biomass, carbon stock, and CO2 (carbon dioxide) uptake of tea plants at several planting elevations. The research was conducted in the PTPN VIII garden in Parakan Salak afdeling, Sukabumi, West Java and the Integrated Laboratory, Industrial and Freshener Crops Research Institute, Sukabumi, West Java in March 2018. The research was carried out using a survey method and the determination of sample plants at each height by purposive method random sampling. Data were collected at an elevation of 400, 600, and 800 m above sea level (asl) respectively. The results showed that the carbon stocks of tea plants at an elevation of 400, 600, 800 m asl were 6.82 kg/plant, 6.36 kg/plant, and 3.13 kg/plant, respectively. Meanwhile, the absorption of carbondioxide from tea palnts at an elevation of 400, 600, 800 m asl was 25.02 kg/plant, 23.36 kg/plant, and 11.47 kg/plant, respectively.