Soybean harvest after adding pollinator habitat
Description
Data were collected to explore the impacts of added pollinator habitat planted adjacent or far away from soybean fields on the bee community and soybean yield (see Levenson, Hannah K; Sharp, April E; Tarpy, David R (2022), “Bee community metrics in different field types”, Mendeley Data, V1, doi: 10.17632/tfdcmfpwz9.1). This dataset includes information on soybean harvest from two different field types: a soybean field planted adjacent to the pollinator habitat (which acts as the treatment field) and a soybean field planted far away from the pollinator habitat (which acts as a negative control field).
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Soybeans were collected at 8 sites across North Carolina and in two fields per site: adjacent soybean field and negative control soybean field (see Levenson, Hannah K; Sharp, April E; Tarpy, David R (2022), “Bee community metrics in different field types”, Mendeley Data, V1, doi: 10.17632/tfdcmfpwz9.1). Soybeans were collected by hand from within a designated sampling area once the soybeans reached R8 stage and had time to dry in the field. The number of seeds per pod were counted per plant and any deformity was documented. After, all seeds for each plant were weighed together. Seeds that were aborted or experienced herbivory damaged were not included.