Root Biomass in Deep Cores — GLBRC Switchgrass Nitrogen Rate Experiment
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Root biomass in deep cores (0-1 m) collected from the Switchgrass Nitrogen Rate Experiment in 2013 for Leilei Ruan. Cores were taken from each treatment plot and sectioned into 0-10, 10-25, 25-50, and 50-100 depth intervals.
This datatable is part of the Switchgrass Nitrogen Rate Experiment dataset.
This dataset contains data from the Switchgrass Nitrogen Rate Experiment (formerly Nitrogen/Harvest) at the KBS GLBRC Intensive Field Site. Switchgrass is grown under 8 rates of nitrogen fertilization (F1-F8; 0-196 kg N/ha) with each treatment plot replicated in four blocks (R1-R4). From 2010–2012, the experiment also included split plots with two harvest strategies (H1, H2; 1 vs 2 harvests/yr) for each nitrogen treatment; from 2013 onward all split plots are harvested only once in the fall, with yields measured separately 2013-2022 and combined starting in 2023.
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| Experiment: | GLBRC Switchgrass Nitrogen Rate Experiment |
| Data available from: | May 2013 to December 2024 |
| Dataset: | GLBRC132 |
| Datatable ID: | GLBRC130-005.153 |
| Core Areas | Primary Production |
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| Last Updated | 2026-01-26 |
| Variate | Description | Units |
|---|---|---|
| sample date | the sample date | |
| site | ||
| experiment | the experiment | |
| treatment | treatment of switchgrass nitrogen application | |
| replicate | ||
| plot | switchgrass experimental plot | |
| station | station of core sampling | |
| depth top cm | top sampling depth | cm |
| bottom depth cm | bottom sampling depth | cm |
| actual top depth cm | cm | |
| actual bottom depth cm | cm | |
| root weight | root weight in the sample | |
| root biomass | g/m2 | |
| campaign | sampling campaign |
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| Belowground Net Primary Production – Biofuel Cropping System Experiment |
| GLBRC Switchgrass Nitrogen Rate Experiment – Sampling |
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| sample_date | site | experiment | treatment | replicate | plot_id | station | top_depth | bottom_depth | actual_top_depth_cm | actual_bottom_depth_cm | root_weight_g | root_biomass_m2 | campaign |
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| 2013-05-14 | KBS GLBRC Intensive Site | Switchgrass Nitrogen Rate Experiment | SWF1 | 1 | 108 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 0.86 | 189.59 | deep core sampling | |
| 2013-05-14 | KBS GLBRC Intensive Site | Switchgrass Nitrogen Rate Experiment | SWF1 | 1 | 108 | 10.0 | 25.0 | 10.0 | 25.0 | 0.25 | 55.11 | deep core sampling | |
| 2013-05-14 | KBS GLBRC Intensive Site | Switchgrass Nitrogen Rate Experiment | SWF1 | 1 | 108 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 0.32 | 70.55 | deep core sampling | |
| 2013-05-14 | KBS GLBRC Intensive Site | Switchgrass Nitrogen Rate Experiment | SWF1 | 1 | 108 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 1.06 | 233.69 | deep core sampling | |
| 2013-05-14 | KBS GLBRC Intensive Site | Switchgrass Nitrogen Rate Experiment | SWF1 | 2 | 201 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 0.07 | 15.43 | deep core sampling |