Datasets for the article "Greenhouse Gas Fluxes from Selected Soil Fertility Management Practices in Humic Nitisols of Upper Eastern Kenya"

The datasets were collected from experimental sites in Kangutu Primary School Farm, Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya, over two consecutive cropping seasons (one year). The study aimed to assess the effects of different soil fertility inputs on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Treatments studied were: inorganic fertilizer (Mf), maize residue with inorganic fertilizer (RMf), maize residue with inorganic fertilizer and goat manure (RMfM), maize residue with Tithonia diversifolia and goat manure (RTiM), and a control (CtC). Fluxes were measured weekly to biweekly using static chambers over one year. These data facilitate assessments of agricultural practices for optimizing yield and mitigating climate change impacts. This dataset is supplementary to the research article by Githongo, M.W., Musafiri, C.M., Macharia, J.M., Kiboi, M.N., Fliessbach, A., Muriuki, A. and Ngetich, F.K., 2022. Greenhouse gas fluxes from selected soil fertility management practices in humic nitisols of upper Eastern Kenya. Sustainability, 14(3), p.1938. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031938

本数据集采集自肯尼亚塔卡拉-尼提县（Tharaka-Nithi County）康古图小学农场的试验田，覆盖两个连续种植季（合计时长一年）。本研究旨在评估不同土壤肥力投入措施对温室气体（Greenhouse Gas, GHG）排放的影响。本次试验设置的处理组包括：无机肥料组（Mf）、配施玉米秸秆的无机肥料组（RMf）、配施玉米秸秆与山羊粪的无机肥料组（RMfM）、配施玉米秸秆、肿柄菊（Tithonia diversifolia）与山羊粪的处理组（RTiM），以及空白对照组（CtC）。研究采用静态箱法，在为期一年的监测周期内，每周至每两周进行一次气体通量测定。本数据集可为优化农业产量、减缓气候变化影响的耕作措施评估提供数据支撑。本数据集为Githongo, M.W.、Musafiri, C.M.、Macharia, J.M.、Kiboi, M.N.、Fliessbach, A.、Muriuki, A.及Ngetich, F.K.于2022年发表的研究论文的补充数据，原文题为《肯尼亚东部高地腐殖质铁铝土中选定土壤肥力管理措施的温室气体通量》，刊载于《Sustainability》期刊第14卷第3期，第1938页，DOI链接：https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031938