Rothamsted Continuous Maize

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  • Experiment Code: R/CS/477
  • Experiment Site: Rothamsted
  • Objectives: To monitor the fate of organic carbon in the soil organic matter.
  • Date Start: 1997
  • Date End: 2015
  • Key Contacts: Margaret Glendining, (Data Manager), https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6466-4629 ,

Description

    • Continuous maize and barley plots with different amounts of maize tops incorporated. The experiment is duplicated at Woburn on a contrasting sandy loam soil. Maize and spring barley were chosen as crops with contrasting delta 13C enrichment in their residues. This can be used to follow the fate of the C incorporated in the crop residues. The experiments were established initially for use in SOM fractionation studies, but staff and analytical funds are no longer available to support this work, so the experiment was discontinued in 2015.

Funding

  • The e-RA database, including the published datasets generated from it, is part of the Rothamsted Long-Term Experiments - National Bioscience Research Infrastructure (RLTE-NBRI) , which also includes the Long-Term Experiments, the Sample Archive and Rothamsted's environmental monitoring activities including the weather stations and its role in the UK Environmental Change Network.
  • The RLTE-NBRI is supported by the Lawes Agricultural Trust and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Grants BBS/E/C/00005189 (2012-2017); BBS/E/C/000J0300 (2017-2022); BBS/E/RH/23NB0007 (2023-2028)).
There are currently no prepared datasets online for this experiment. However, there may still be data available but requiring curation. For more information please contact the e-RA curators.

Site: Hoosfield - Rothamsted

Soil

  • Type: Luvisol

Experiment Design

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    Description

    • There were six crop and straw treatment combinations

    Design

    • Period: 1997 - 2015
    • Number of Blocks: 3
    • Number of Plots: 18
    • Number of Replicates: 3
    • Number of Harvests per Year: 1

    Crops

    Crop Years Grown
    Maize
    Barley

    Factors

    Factors are the interventions or treatments which vary across the experiment.

    Level Name Factor Name Amount Years Frequency Method Chemical Form Notes
    Continuous Maize, Stubble Incorporated Crop Residue Management Exposure -
    Continuous Maize, Stubble Plus 10t Maize Tops Incorporated Crop Residue Management Exposure -
    Maize After Three Years of Spring Barley, Straw Removed Crop Residue Management Exposure -
    Spring Barley After Five Years Maize, Stubble Incorporated Crop Residue Management Exposure -
    Continuous Spring Barley, Straw Removed Plus 10 T Maize Tops Incorporated Crop Residue Management Exposure -
    Continuous Spring Barley, Straw Removed Crop Residue Management Exposure -

    Measurements

    Variable Unit Collection
    Frequency    		 Material Description
    Grain Yield Trait t/ha Annual AllCrops

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    For further information and assistance, please contact the e-RA curators, Sarah Perryman and Margaret Glendining using the e-RA email address: era@rothamsted.ac.uk