Rothamsted Continuous Maize
- Local identifier
- R/CS/477
- Years operational
- 1997—2015
- Objective
- To monitor the fate of organic carbon in the soil organic matter.
- 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.
- Data Access Statement
- Available to any researcher on request
- Data license
- CC BY
- Data policy
- Yes (not online)
- Organization
- Rothamsted Researchresearch organisation
- Person
- Dr Margaret Glendiningdata managerRothamsted ResearchComputational and Analytical Sciences
Site: Hoosfield
- Type
- research station field
- Location
- HarpendenHertfordshireUnited Kingdom
- Geographic location
- 51.811958, -0.376067
- Visits permitted?
- No
- Visiting arrangements
- Dr Andy Gregory, LTE Manager
- Soil type
- luvisol
- Climatic type
- temperate oceanic climate
Design period: (1997—2015)
- Description
- Soil samples were collected in 1997, 2008 and 2015
- Design description
- There were six crop and straw treatment combinations
- Number of blocks
- 3
- Number of plots
- 18
- Number of replicates
- 3
- Number of harvests per year
- 1
- Crops
Crop Years grown maize barley - Factor
- Factor name
- Factor levels
- crop residue management process Plot application: Whole plot
Continuous maize, stubble incorporated
Continuous maize, stubble plus 10t maize tops incorporated
Maize after three years of spring barley, straw removed
Spring barley after five years maize, stubble incorporated
Continuous spring barley, straw removed plus 10 t maize tops incorporated
Continuous spring barley, straw removed
- Measurement
Variable Material Units Frequency Scale Comment grain yield trait All crops t/ha annual plot