The long-term experiment with farmyard manure and mineral fertilisation
- Local identifier
- B3
- Years operational
- 1967—
- Objective
- Studying the influence of fertilisers on soil fertility, crop yields, soil properties, harvest quality and environmental impact.
- Description
- Bifactorial experiment
- Data Access Statement
- Available to any researcher on request
- Data license
- CC BY
- Data policy
- Yes (not online)
- Organization
- Agricultural Research and Development Station Livadaexperimental research station
- People
- Drd. Ursan Patrickprincipal investigatorPrincipal Investigator-ARDS LIVADAThe Fertiliser LaboratoryDr. Paul Kurtineczprincipal investigatorPrincipal Investigator-ARDS LIVADAThe Fertiliser Laboratory
Site: B3
- Type
- research station field
- Local code
- B3
- Location
- LIVADASATU MAREROMANIA
- Geographic location
- 47.864083, 23.087016
- Elevation
- 130 Metres
- Visits permitted?
- Yes
- Visiting arrangements
- Visits are allowed, only notification of the principal investigator is required.
- Soil type
- PRELUVOSOL MEZOHIPOSTAGNIC, FREATIC UMED (SRTS), HAPLIC LUVISOL (WRB SR) TYPIC HAPLUDALF (USDA ST)
- Soil description
- Loamy-clayey loamy soil, with tick solum and moderate by textural differentiation. More details about the soil are presented in the link below
- Climatic type
- temperate continental / mediterranean climate- Cfbx
- Climate description
- The Pannonian subprovince, which includes the plain area of the ARDS Livada territory, is under the influence of a temperate climate with a sub-Atlantic hue.
- Climate properties
Variable Time period Value (range) Units mean annual air temperature (1961-2022) 9.9 (-2.8 – 19.9) degree Celsius mean annual precipitation (1961-2022) 753.2 millimeter
Design period:
- Design Type
- Split-plot
- Description
- - The establishment of the experiments was initiated in 1967, by Dr Ioan Boeriu, an advocate of agricultural research in North-Western Transylvania and the manager of the Fertilizers and Amendments Laboratory. - From September 1, 1974 until the end of 2022, the management of the trial was taken over by Dr. Paul Kurtinecz. -The long term experiment uses progressive doses of farmyard manure varying as well different doses of mineral fertilisers of nitrogen and phosphorus. -A range of conventional pesticides were used to control weeds, pests and diseases.
- Design description
- The bifactorial experiment (of the 4NP x 4FYM type) is divided into 4 replicates. Each replicate consists of 4 blocks, with 16 different plots, overall, the experiment consists of 64 plots of 4 m x 12 m size.
- Number of plots
- 4
- Number of subplots
- 4
- Number of replicates
- 4
- Number of harvests per year
- 1
- Crop
Crop Years grown cereals - Factors
- Factor name
- Factor levels
- nitrogen fertilizer exposure 3 doses, N0, N1, N2. farmyard manure in various amounts and periods of application
- phosphate fertilizer exposure 3 doses: P0, P1, P2.
- farmyard manure exposure The factor consist of different levels of organic fertilisers addition
Control exposure (0 t/ha)
Applied to crop: All cropsFYM rate 1 (20 t/ha)
Chemical form: farmyard manureFYM rate 2 (40 tonnes per hectare)
Chemical form: farmyard manureFYM rate 3 (60 tonnes per hectare)
Chemical form: farmyard manure- Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilisers exposure The factor consist of different levels of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilisers addition
N0 (control) (0 kg/ha)
Applied to crop: cerealsApplication frequency: annualChemical form: ammonium nitrateN rate 1 (50 kilogram per hectare)
Applied to crop: cerealsApplication frequency: annualChemical form: ammonium nitrateN rate 2 (100 kilogram per hectare)
Applied to crop: cerealsApplication frequency: annualChemical form: ammonium nitrateP0 (control exposure) (0 kilogram per hectare)
Application frequency: 3 yearsChemical form: triple superphosphateP rate 1 (50 kilogram per hectare)
Application frequency: 3 yearsChemical form: triple superphosphateP rate 2 (100 kilogram per hectare)
Chemical form: triple superphosphate
- Measurements
Variable Material Units Frequency Scale Comment Soil pH Not specified Crop yields Not specified Soil and plant micro & macro elements Not specified Soil respiration, photosynthesis, chlorophyll fluorescence Not specified
Related publications
- Long-term fertilizer experiments as a data base for calculating the carbon sink potential of arable soils https://doi.org/10.1080/03650340310001627559 [In English]
- Data regarding the experimental scheme and factor combinations are present in related resources https://figshare.com/s/a5f9f37fa7d5a11156fe [In English]