Planting Jatropha curcas on Constrained Land: Emission and Effects from Land Use Change

Table 3

Estimated monthly dry weight of biomass and litterfall of Jatropha curcas and mass of carbon stored in each respective part (mean ± standard error).

Month	Year	Biomass dry weight	Carbon in biomass	Litterfall dry weight	Carbon in litterfall
		(Mg ha^−1)		(Mg ha^−1)
August	2009	0.60±0.38	0.27±0.17	0.05±0.02	0.03±0.01
September	2009	0.83±0.49	0.38±0.22	0.03±0.02	0.01±0.01
October	2009	1.02±0.48	0.46±0.22	0.08±0.05	0.04±0.03
November	2009	1.04±0.50	0.47±0.23	0.11±0.08	0.05±0.04
December	2009	1.44±0.69	0.65±0.31	0.18±0.09	0.08±0.04
January	2010	1.64±0.76	0.74±0.34	0.08±0.04	0.04±0.02
February	2010	2.06±0.98	0.93±0.44	0.11±0.03	0.05±0.02
March	2010	2.42±1.07	1.10±0.48	0.05±0.05	0.02±0.02
April	2010	2.99±1.53	1.18±0.58	0.12±0.09	0.06±0.04
May	2010	3.69±1.88	1.46±0.73	0.12±0.04	0.06±0.02
June	2010	4.09±1.82	1.86±0.82	0.16±0.07	0.08±0.03
July	2010	4.68±1.51	2.13±0.68	0.22±0.07	0.10±0.03
Cumulated Total		4.08	1.86	1.29	0.60