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Cover Crop Nitrogen Fertilization Project, Cover Crop and Soil Data

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posted on 2025-04-04, 23:41 authored by Melissa Stefun, Ray Weil

Data for cover crop characterization, including dry mass, green coverage, and chemical composition. Soil data to 30 cm depth of calcium chloride (CaCl) extractable ammonium (NH4), nitrate (NO3), and phosphate (PO4). The purpose is to measure the response of cover crops to Urea Ammonium Nitrate (UAN) fertilizer addition from August/September to November/December.

Funding

Thriving Agricultural Systems in Urbanized Landscapes

National Institute of Food and Agriculture

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History

Data contact name

Stefun, Melissa

Data contact email

mstefun@umd.edu

Publisher

Ag Data Commons

Temporal Extent Start Date

2021-08-01

Temporal Extent End Date

2022-12-20

Theme

  • Not specified

Geographic location - description

Corn fields in MD including those at the Central Maryland Research and Education Center (CMREC) in Beltsville and commercial fields on the eastern shore of MD

ISO Topic Category

  • environment
  • farming

National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms

cover crops; fertilizer application; nitrogen fertilizers; nitrogen; soil; chemical composition; calcium chloride; ammonium; phosphates; urea ammonium nitrate; corn

OMB Bureau Code

  • 005:20 - National Institute of Food and Agriculture

OMB Program Code

  • 005:040 - National Research

Pending citation

  • No

Public Access Level

  • Public