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Comparative efficiency of FYM & inorganic fertilizers (experiment 1) - LTSE

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Subnetworks: 
Geographical Network of Field Experiments with Fertilizers
Location:
Dolgoprudnuy Agrochemical Experiment Station
Russia
Latitude: 55.921507
Longitude: 37.534790
Background
Continent: 
Europe
Year LTSE Began: 
1931
On-going or Terminated?: 
On-going
Comments: 
Before 1925 site was under mixed forest. Clearfelled in 1926. Level seeding with vetch-oats was introduced in 1927-1930. Fertilizers & lime were not applied before experiment.
Environment
Annual Precipitation (mm): 
400-800
Is temperature regime isothermic? ie, do mean monthly temperatures deviate by <6C?: 
No
Soil moisture regime: 
Udic
Landuse: 
Arable
Ecoregion: 
Cool Temperate
Slope (%): 
0-2%
Elevation (m): 
0-200
Experimental Design
Design (short description): 
Main study factors are different nutrient rates with (equivalent) inputs of major nutrients given either in mineral fertilizers or in manure. Also treatments receiving only N,P,K,NP,NK,PK.
Permanent plot area (square meters): 
>10,000
Soil Classification
Soil taxa (ex, Great Group of Soil Taxonomy): 
Russian classification Soddy podzolic clay loam on glacial loam. FAO: podzoluvisols Profile description.(pit N43, 1922 year) Ao - sod cover 0-2 cm A1 - grey-brown, low part of horizon is more light, platy, 2-14 cm abundance of roots, gradual transition; A2 - whitish, mottled colour, small iron nodules, very porou 14-22cm sious, intensively reworked by earthworms, think platy, not homogenious colour of inner parts of aggregates,gradual transition; B1 - dark brown with bleached zones, nutty, whitish powdering 22-50cm on ped faces; bleaching of pores and fissures; B2 - yellow-brown, more light than previous, prismatic, po 50-120cm rous, cutans on ped faces with not abundant white powder zones, abudance of Mn black spots; B3 - yellowish light-brown, more light than previous, abu 120-150cm dance of rusty spots, cloddy structure of big aggregates, very compact,cracks filled with cutans, single till material; B4 - predomination of rusty colour, more thin craks filled 160-230cm with thick cutans,till material more abundant than previous horizon, diagonal layers of different colour, very compact,porous inner part of peds, single roots. Impermeable layer depth - 120 m.
Soil/Data Archive
Data Archive: 
Yes
Samples from multiple depths: 
Yes
Sample frequency: 
Annual
Soil Solid Data
pH and acidity: 
Yes
Organic Carbon: 
Yes
Nitrogen: 
Yes
Other macronutrients: 
Yes
Chemical Contaminents: 
Yes
Water holding capacity: 
Yes
Bulk Density: 
Yes
Soil Water Data
pH and alkalinity: 
Yes
Dissolved organic carbon: 
Yes
Other macronutrients: 
Yes
Vegetation Data
Biomass above ground: 
Yes
Biomass below ground: 
Yes
Macronutrient contents: 
Yes
Harvest mass: 
Yes
Harvest nutrient contents: 
Yes