Henderson Research Station Conservation Agriculture Long-Term trial
- Description
- Long-term trial to measure the effects of conservation agriculture systems on soil quality, water dynamics and productivity
- Data Access Statement
- Available to collaborators only
- Data license
- No data license
- Data URL
- https://data.cimmyt.org/dataverse/root?q=&types=dataverses&sort=dateSort&order=asc&page=1
- Data policy
- https://www.cimmyt.org/content/uploads/2019/04/CIMMYT-Research-Data-and-Information-Product-Management-policy-2019-01.pdf
- Organization
- International Maize & Wheat Improvement Centreresearch organisation
- Person
- Dr Christian Thierfelderprincipal investigatorCIMMYT
Site: Henderson Research Station
- Type
- research station field
- Local code
- HRS
- Location
- MazoweMashonaland Central ProvinceZimbabwe
- Geographic location
- -17.572072, 30.986926
- Elevation
- 1281 Metres
- Visits permitted?
- No
- Soil type
- arenosol
- Soil properties
Variable Depth Value (range) Units Ref year Estimated? Baseline? soil pH – 0.28 Metres 4.5 cation exchange capacity – 0.28 Metres 3.7 kilogram per mole sand content – 0.28 Metres 77 Percent silt content – 0.28 Metres 16 Percent clay content – 0.28 Metres 7 Percent soil density – 0.28 Metres 1.29 gram per cubic centimetre - Climatic type
- humid subtropical / subtropical oceanic highland climate
- Climate properties
Variable Time period Value (range) Units air temperature 21 (15 – 29) degree Celsius precipitation 801 (516 – 1495) millimeter sun hours 12
Design period: (2004—)
- Design Type
- Randomized complete block design
- Description
- Plots measure 16 x 20 m
- Number of plots
- 75
- Number of replicates
- 5
- Number of harvests per year
- 1
- Crops
Crop Years grown maize cow peas sunn hemp - Factor
- Factor name
- Factor levels
- tillage process Plot application: Whole plot
no-till
Applied to crop: maizeApplication method: direct seeder or manual jabplanterSeeds direct seededripping tillage (10-15 cm depth)
Applied to crop: maizeRipping and hand‐seeding (RS) into a 10–15‐cm‐deep riplineconventional tillage (10-15 cm depth)
Application method: mouldboard ploughshallow ploughed to 10-15 cm
- Measurement
Variable Material Units Frequency Scale Comment grain yield trait Not specified annual