Bowling Green, Kentucky Agroecology Data Set: May 2018- May 2019

This data set contains soil moisture data, crop data, and soil content data comparing plots treated with an ecological style of straw-mulching and plots with no treatment. The soil moisture measurements were taken to determine whether straw-mulch and the presence of crops influences the level of moisture in topsoil. The crop data included the average soybean plant mass from each of the 28 plots as well as the survival rate of the soybean crop in order to determine the effect of straw-mulching on crop quality and quantity. The soil content data compared the level of basic soil contents such as organic matter and other macro and micro nutrients from before the straw-mulch was implemented (May 2018) and a year after implementation.

本数据集收录了对比组相关数据，涵盖采用生态型秸秆覆盖（straw mulching）处理的样地与未施加任何处理的对照样地的土壤湿度数据、作物数据及土壤基础组分数据。本次土壤湿度测定的核心目标为探明秸秆覆盖与作物种植是否会对表层土壤湿度水平产生影响。作物数据包含28个样地的平均大豆植株生物量与大豆作物存活率，用于评估秸秆覆盖对作物品质与产量的影响效应。土壤基础组分数据对比了秸秆覆盖实施前（2018年5月）与实施满一年后，土壤有机质、大量营养元素及微量营养元素等基础组分的含量水平。