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The longest running agricultural experiments in the world
Harpenden
Joined October 2012
The Rothamsted Long-term Experiments can now also be found at https://t.co/tm6Fkd5ILG come and say hello 👋
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New publication, using soil data from the Rothamsted and Woburn long-term liming experiments: https://t.co/Fa8jUWdjLg
#eRAdatasets
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Liming induces several positive effects on soil processes, although the specific nature of these impacts is variable for some soil properties such as extractable soil phosphorus. The aim of this...
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New dataset just published on the e-RA website: https://t.co/BTVDGtsu5g Broadbalk wheat grain micronutrients (Cu, Fe, Mg, Se and Zn), 1845-2005
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Ever wondered what the North Wyke Farm Platform looks like from a cow's point of view? Watch our latest moo-vie!
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Great new video from the ECT on the value of LTEs, featuring Park Grass and the Rothamsted Sample Archive:
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Awesome new artwork in @Harpenden tunnel including Rothamsted's Winifred Brenchley https://t.co/ViwdS81zvi an agricultural botanist & John Lawes https://t.co/tkfOpf5i8t the founder of Rothamsted Experimental Station @Rothamsted . Who is the talented artist? @HarpendenTown
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Nice paper looking at weed species on Broadbalk here https://t.co/JyC3m1jyfm "Can the storage effect hypothesis explain weed co-existence on the Broadbalk long-term fertiliser experiment?"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Understanding how plant species with similar resource requirements co-exist has been a long-standing ecological question with several theoretical explanations. One potential mechanism is the storage...
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...the warm winter and wet spring has selected for vetch and blackgrass it appears, a lot of dock too
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The annual Broadbalk 'weed' survey has been done by a team of staff past and present. Lower diversity this year it appears. Previous years data here 10.23637/rbk1-weeds_1991-2021_01 @RHull76 @Rothamsted #weeds #biodiversity #Broadbalk
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Where has all the sunshine gone? Here it is - 130 years worth since 1893 shining on @Rothamsted in #Harpenden 😎🌞 get the data here👉 https://t.co/cNjFD1V5Zy
#FAIRdata #weather #sunshine
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It rained a lot this week! At Rothamsted the total on 22nd May was 60.7 mm = 8.8mm more rain in one day than the average total for the whole month of May (170 yr average 51.9 mm since 1853). Get monthly rain fall data here https://t.co/7Usi24lok8
@Rothamsted #weather #Harpenden
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Park Grass long-term hay and botanical composition experiment May 2024 @rothamsted data: https://t.co/mTxFJZKSak
#flora #botany #wildflowers #biodiversity
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Fantastic news about one of our scientists, Prof Steve McGrath - not just a brilliant scientist, he's a lovely guy too 🥳 Congratulations Steve! He has 78 publications related to the Long-Term Experiments https://t.co/NjOgk7d2w8
@royalsociety @Rothamsted #science
📢Soil scientist Professor Steve McGrath has been a elected a Fellow of the @royalsociety 🎉🍾 👏 Full story 👇 https://t.co/cd5c5eRY7U
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New Broadbalk dataset: Inputs of organic manures added to Broadbalk wheat experiment https://t.co/MbMbpMtRgq
#fertiliser
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Broadbalk long-term wheat experiment May 2024 @rothamsted Clear differences between the different plots, all the metadata and data here https://t.co/4MabajXGeu and https://t.co/2KyoeTqc8B
#wheat #Broadbalk
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Could soil be the solution to global carbon capture? Nice article including comments from Rothamsted's Stephan Haefele. https://t.co/WfED20S0MK via @AweImagazine
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Trapping and storing carbon in vast expanses of farmland is an attractive prospect, but according to researchers, it’s just not that simple and in fact, we may be overestimating soil’s potential as a...
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Light loving plant species like grasses dominate when there are grazing animals; a result that has come from the @WickenFenNT #LongTermExperiment. Of course, it’s not just plant species that welcome more sunlight. We do too! #SpringEquinox #SpringEquinox2024 @AngliaRuskin
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Lying in wait..... Broadbalk winter wheat and Park Grass hay https://t.co/4MabajXGeu & https://t.co/Kfz77sPNr9 at Rothamsted #Broadbalk #ParkGrass @Rothamsted #longtermexperiments #LTE #worldfamous
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Find out more about the #Rothamsted Sample Archive, including an inventory of the archived samples available for analysis, and the sample request form, on our website #archive #soil #crop
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📻ICYMI catch @SamCusworth and our own Andy Gregory talking about the soil microplastics study based on our sample archive @RV_environment now available online https://t.co/UjEVqn67XN
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Today, 11th February, is International #WomenInScienceDay. Here are some of our wonderful women scientists past and present who have worked (B&W), or are working, on the Rothamsted Long-Term Experiments @rothamsted #WomenInScienceDay #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience
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