A global dataset for crop production under conventional tillage and no tillage systems.

ABSTRACT: No tillage (NT) is often presented as a means to grow crops with positive environmental externalities, such as enhanced carbon sequestration, improved soil quality, reduced soil erosion, and increased biodiversity. However, whether NT systems are as productive as those relying on conventional tillage (CT) is a controversial issue, fraught by a high variability over time and space. Here, we expand existing datasets to include the results of the most recent field experiments, and we produce a global dataset comparing the crop yields obtained under CT and NT systems. In addition to crop yield, our dataset also reports information on crop growing season, management practices, soil characteristics and key climate parameters throughout the experimental year. The final dataset contains 4403 paire

SUBMITTER: Su Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7844240 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature