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SLU long-term field experiments: The frame trial (R3-RAM56), crop and soil data from 1956 and onwards

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Abstract

The SLU long-term agricultural field experiments are a nationwide research infrastructure consisting of experiments in hydrological management, tillage, landscape ecology, plant nutrition, weed biology and control, cropping systems, and cropping systems in northern Sweden. They are used to study how crop rotations and cultivation measures in agriculture affect soil properties and crop yields in the long term, and the effect of weather and climate on the efficacy of these treatments. The experimental sites and the data collected in the long-term experiments are a valuable resource for research, teaching and consulting. The experiments are open for those who want to use data already collected or who want to do their own sampling. All long term experiments are funded by the NJ faculty and administered by an academic department, with the activities coordinated by a committee.

Twenty four long-term field experiments in plant nutrition and soil fertility are currently managed by the Department of Soil and Environment at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. These experiments, starting as early as 1936 or as recently as 2010, are grouped into eight different experimental series that focus on themes such as agronomically-relevant factors including liming, long-term soil fertility, soil organic matter and soil biology. Plant and soil samples have been collected, measured for standard parameters, and archived since the start of the experiments, forming the basis of over 200 theses and papers across a broad range of disciplines.

The frame experiment is located at the Ultuna Campus at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and has been ongoing since 1956. The aim of the experiment is to study the effect of different combinations of organic matter and nitrogen fertilization on soil organic matter content, yield level and crop nutrient content. This dataset contains values ​​for nutrient content in crops, soil and organic matter, and yields between 1956 and 2023. The data is provided as a single tsv file (RAM56_data.tsv), with an additional seven tsv files providing context. Physical data collected by researchers since the beginning of the experiment, together with plant and soil samples collected from a subset of time points during the experiment, are stored at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.The SLU long-term agricultural field experiments are a nationwide research infrastructure consisting of experiments in hydrological management, tillage, landscape ecology, plant nutrition, weed biology and control, cropping systems, and cropping systems in northern Sweden. They are used to study how crop rotations and cultivation measures in agriculture affect soil properties and crop yields in the long term, and the effect of weather and climate on the efficacy of these treatments. The experimental sites and the data collected in the long-term experiments are a valuable resource for research, teaching and consulting. The experiments are open for those who want to use data already collected or who want to do their own sampling. All long term experiments are funded by the NJ faculty and administered by an academic department, with the activities coordinated by a committee.

Twenty four long-term field experiments in plant nutrition and soil fertility are currently managed by the Department of Soil and Environment at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. These experiments, starting as early as 1936 or as recently as 2010, are grouped into eight different experimental series that focus on themes such as agronomically-relevant factors including liming, long-term soil fertility, soil organic matter and soil biology. Plant and soil samples have been collected, measured for standard parameters, and archived since the start of the experiments, forming the basis of over 200 theses and papers across a broad range of disciplines.

The frame experiment is located at the Ultuna Campus at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and has been ongoing since 1956. The aim of the experiment is to study the effect of different combinations of organic matter and nitrogen fertilization on soil organic matter content, yield level and crop nutrient content. This dataset contains values ​​for nutrient content in crops, soil and organic matter, and yields between 1956 and 2023. The data is provided as a single tsv file (RAM56_data.tsv), with an additional seven tsv files providing context. Physical data collected by researchers since the beginning of the experiment, together with plant and soil samples collected from a subset of time points during the experiment, are stored at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

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Publisher: Swedish National Data Service

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Soil Science
Agricultural Science

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/7f5n-vp94

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/141116