Soil chemical and physical properties from inorganic fertiliser additions to grassland at North Wyke, Henfaes and Easter Bush, UK (2016)

Reinsch, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4649-0677; Carswell, A.M.; Cowan, N.J.; Lebron, I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8610-9717; Sánchez-Rodríguez, A.R.; Barrett, G.; Carter, H.T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5999-2732; Chadwick, D.R.; Cotton, J.M.; Guyatt, H.J.; Harvey, R.; Hunt, A.; Jones, D.L.; Keenan, P.O.; Lawlor, A.J.; Marshall, M.R.; Misselbrook, T.H.; Patel, M.; Pereira, M.G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3740-0019; Saunders, K.S.; Shaw, R.; Skiba, U.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8659-6092; Tanna, B.; Thompson, N.; Emmett, B.A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2713-4389. Soil chemical and physical properties from inorganic fertiliser additions to grassland at North Wyke, Henfaes and Easter Bush, UK (2016). April 2019, https://doi.org/10.5285/7a87dde4-b54e-49b0-8751-1d59e8aebb90 [Output (Electronic)]

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The data consist of soil physicochemical and biological data for three soil depths (0-15, 15-30 and 30-60 cm) from a three-cut silage plot trial located at three grassland sites within the UK collected between April 2016 and October 2016. The sites were Rothamsted Research at North Wyke in Devon, Bangor University at Henfaes Research Station in North Wales, and Easter Bush in Scotland. At each site measurements were taken from 16 plots, organised within a randomised complete block design: 4 (control) plots did not receive fertilizer, 4 plots received urea only, 4 plots received urea and urea-inhibitors, and 4 plots received ammonium-nitrate (Nitram). Fertiliser was applied three times and three cuts were performed. All parameters were measured following fertiliser application. Samples were taken before fertilizer additions at peak growth and before the last silage cut. Soil physical parameters were: aggregate size distribution, aggregate stability, texture (sand/silt/clay) and soil moisture. Soil chemical parameters were: soil nitrate and ammonium, dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen, amino acids and peptides, soil organic matter content as loss-on-ignition, pH, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, permanganate oxdisable carbon, citric acid extractable phosphorous, Olsen-P and total carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus. Soil biological measures were: microbial biomass, carbon and nitrogen. Microbial community composition and nitrogen genes were measured on the same soil samples and are presented in a separate dataset (https://doi.org/10.5285/59f81d41-a789-4c5c-8ab8-36baa7ac2c55) Measurements were undertaken by members of staff from the Centre of Ecology & Hydrology (Bangor, Edinburgh, Lancaster, Wallingford), Bangor University, School of Environment, Natural Resources & Geography and Rothamsted Research, Sustainable Agricultural Sciences, North Wyke. Data was collected for the Newton Fund project “UK-China Virtual Joint Centre for Improved Nitrogen Agronomy”. Funded by Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and NERC - Ref BB/N013468/1

Item Type:	Output (Electronic)
Electronic Identifier / URL / DOI:	https://doi.org/10.5285/7a87dde4-b54e-49b0-8751-1d59e8aebb90
Date made live:	01 May 2019 12:48 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/523099

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