Raw data of a field experiment to assess the effect of plant residue quality, and diversity, applied as mulch, on nitrogen mineralization and on soil microbial biomass at later stages of decomposition, on crop plant quality, and on the quality of the crop residues at the end of the growing season

How to cite this Dataset

Gaitanis, Dimitrios (2022): Raw data of a field experiment to assess the effect of plant residue quality, and diversity, applied as mulch, on nitrogen mineralization and on soil microbial biomass at later stages of decomposition, on crop plant quality, and on the quality of the crop residues at the end of the growing season. University of Reading. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.17864/1947.000412

Description

This dataset concerns a field experiment conducted at the Crop Research Unit of the University of Reading in UK in 2019. Wheat plants were grown in field plots of 1.6 m2, and mulch of diverse plant residues of whole plants were applied. The purpose of the experiment was to assess the effect of quality, and diversity of plant residue mulch on N mineralization and on soil microbial biomass at later stages of decomposition, on crop plant quality, and on the quality of the crop residues at the end of the growing season. There were five different types of plant residues: i) Perennial rye grass (P) (1 plant species), ii) Smart grass (S) (6 plant species), iii) Biomix (B) (12 plant species), iv) Herbal mix (H) (17 plant species), and Wood chips (W), and there was also a Control treatment with no residues. Therefore, there were 6 different treatments in total in 5 replicates. Soil samples were collected on days 25, 52, and 90 after mulch application. The dataset consists of 3 parts: 1) data relevant to the plant residues that were applied as mulch on the field plots, 2) data relevant to the field soil, and 3) data relevant to the wheat plants which were cultivated in the field plots.

Resource Type:

Dataset

Creators:

Gaitanis, Dimitrios

Rights-holders:

Dimitrios Gaitanis

Data Publisher:

University of Reading

Publication Year:

2022

Data last accessed:

9 April 2024

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17864/1947.000412

Metadata Record URL:

https://researchdata.reading.ac.uk/id/eprint/412

Organisational units:

Life Sciences > School of Agriculture, Policy and Development > Department of Sustainable Land Management > Centre for Agri-environmental Research (CAER)

Participating Organisations:

University of Reading

Keywords:

plant-based mulch, field experiment, wheat crop, plant residue mixtures, nitrogen mineralization, soil microbial biomass, crop quality, residue quality

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