SRUC Woodlands Old Rotation
This experiment has been added by the GLTEN Curators using existing published sources.
- Objective
- A crop rotation trial started in 1922 at SRUC's Craibstone Campus near Aberdeen, Scotland demonstrating the influence of long term (almost 100 years) fertiliser treatments on different crops using nutrient replacement scenarios of N, P and K.
- Description
- Based around different N, P & K fertilizer regimes in various replacement scenarios, with a six-crop rotation with every crop grown every year. From 2021 soils archived & also moved to a new location nearby at Rowett Institute, Aberdeen Cropping Experimental (ACE) platform, the Phoenix Experiment.
- Data Access Statement
- Don't know
- Data license
- Don't know
- Data policy
- Don't know
- Organization
- SRUC Craibstone, Aberdeen
- People
- Christine WatsonSRUC CraibstoneRobin WalkerSRUC Craibstone
Site: Woodlands Old Rotation
- Type
- research station field
- Location
- CraibstoneAberdeenshireScotland
- Geographic location
- 57.181393, -2.206985
- Visits permitted?
- No
- Management
- Crops receive herbicide, fungicide and the soil is limed to pH 6 on a regular basis. Inputs to crops are typical of region. Farmyard manure to all plots applied to potatoes.
- Soil description
- Sandy loam, Countesswells Association, Dess Series
- Soil properties
Variable Depth Value (range) Units Ref year Estimated? Baseline? soil pH 6 soil organic carbon 8 Percent
Design period: Low NPK rate (1922—1990)
- Design Type
- Split-plot
- Description
- six-course rotation, roots were potatoes, swedes, turnips
- Number of plots
- 36
- Number of replicates
- 2
- Crops
Crop Years grown grass white clover spring oats potatoes spring barley - Factors
- Factor name
- Factor levels
- nitrogen fertilizer exposure
N 26 (26 kgN/ha)
- phosphate fertilizer exposure
P39 roots (39 kgP/ha)
rate applied to root cropsP20 (20 kgP/ha)
rate applied to cereals and hay- potassium fertilizer exposure
K62 (62 kgK/ha)
rate applied to root cropsK32
rate applied to cereals and hay
- Factor combinations
- 1. Control zero NPK
- 2. NPK (TSP) P as triple superphosphate
- 3. NPK (RP) P as rock phosphate
- 4. NK
- 5. PK (TSP) P as triple superphosphate
- 6. NP (TSP) P as triple superphosphate
- 1. Control
- Measurement
Variable Material Units Frequency Scale Comment yield components Not specified
Design period: High NPK rate (1991—2021)
- Design Type
- Split-plot
- Description
- six-course rotation, roots now potatoes
- Number of plots
- 36
- Number of replicates
- 2
- Crops
Crop Years grown grass white clover spring oats potatoes spring barley - Factors
- Factor name
- Factor levels
- nitrogen fertilizer exposure
N80 (80 kgN/ha)
- phosphate fertilizer exposure
P66 (66 kgP/ha)
rate applied to rootsP26 (26 kgP/ha)
rate applied to cereals and hay- potassium fertilizer exposure
K83 (83 kgK/ha)
rate applied to rootsK58 (58 kgK/ha)
rate applied to cereals and hay
- Factor combinations
- 1. Control
- 2. NPK (TSP) P as triple superphosphate
- 3. NPK (RP) P as rock phosphate
- 4. NK
- 5. PK (TSP) P as triple superphosphate
- 6. NP (TSP) P as triple superphosphate
- Measurement
Variable Material Units Frequency Scale Comment yield components Not specified
Related publications
- Time-lapse video of Woodlands Field Old Rotation Long-term Experiment https://vimeo.com/309868507 [In English]
- Video of Woodlands Old Rotation Technical Information https://vimeo.com/242278226 [In English]
- Woodlands Old Rotation Poster, Walker & Watson https://www.fas.scot/downloads/rotation-poster/ [In English]
- Celebrating 100 years of agricultural experimentation at Craibstone (video presentation) Nov 2021 https://vimeo.com/644875224/9316a33145 [In English]
- Woodlands Old Crop Rotation Summary