Terracing and mixed planting soil properties dataset

Published: 25 April 2025| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/gtnpmh6jzr.1
Contributor:
Guan Wang

Description

This dataset contains soil properties data of monoculture sloped farmlands, monoculture terraced farmlands, mixed planting terraced farmlands of Southwestern China.

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Following a regional survey, five types of farmlands were selected for sample collection, with three spatial replicates for each farmland type. The selected sites include: Maize slope sites (MS) refer to sloped farmlands cultivated with maize (Zea mays), featuring a slope length of 70 m and an average slope angle of 10°. Maize terrace sites (MT) represent sloped farmlands converted into terraced fields for maize cultivation, with a slope length of 40 m. Each terrace is 5 m in width and 1.4 m in height. Citrus slope sites (CS) refer to sloped farmlands planted with mandarin, having a slope length of 40 m and an average slope angle of 20°. Citrus terrace sites (CT) represent sloped farmlands converted into terraced fields for mandarin cultivation, having a slope length of 50 m. Each terrace is 5 m in width and 1.4 m in height. Maize and citrus terrace sites (MCT) represent sloped farmlands converted into terraced fields with mixed planting of maize and mandarin.

Institutions

  • Beijing Forestry University

Categories

Agricultural Soil, Soil Organic Carbon, Soil Nutrients

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