Long-term data from field erosion plot studies in eastern Austria

Long-term runoff plot experiments were conducted at three sites in eastern Austria to evaluate the impact of conservation tillage. Following soil tillage treatments were investigated: 1) conventional tillage with ploughing in fall (CT), 2) mulch tillage with cover crops during winter period (MT), and 3) no tillage with cover crops during winter period (NT). Soil textures range from silt loam to loam. Datasets include for each site and each year the period of operation of the plots, the planted crop, the annual precipitation, surface runoff, soil loss, surface losses of nitrogen, phopshorus and soil organic carbon as well as absolute and relative crop yields.