How soil and plant health in a conventional tillage field experiment can be assessed for crop rotation sequences

The dataset underpins a thesis titled "Crop rotation effects on soil and plant health in a dryland production system in South Africa." This study highlights how soil and plant health in a conventional tillage field experiment can be assessed for four crop rotation sequences through a description of spatio-temporal changes in soil nutrient composition, pathogen DNA concentration, and crop yields in eastern Free State (EFS) dryland systems as well as in greenhouses. The maize uniformity trial in season 2016/17 provided the baseline data for a long-term field experiment investigating soil and plant health under dryland cultivation in the EFS.