LONG-TERM EXPERIMENT TREATMENT NAMES

Long-term experiments and measurements of important ecosystem properties give researchers the capacity to detect subtle changes and provide a valuable backdrop against which to ask short-term questions. The following links provide descriptions of our ongoing long-term research projects:

Main Cropping System Experiment (MCSE)
Conventional Management T1
No-till Management T2
Reduced Input Management T3
Biologically Based Management T4
Poplar T5
Alfalfa T6
Early Successional T7
Mown Grassland (never tilled) T8
Coniferous Forest TCF
Deciduous Forest TDF
Mid-successional TSF
Cellulosic Biofuels Experiment
Continuous corn C1
Corn-Soybean C2
Soybean-Corn C3
Switchgrass (var. Cave-in-rock) + N C4
Switchgrass (var. Cave-in-rock) no N C5
Switchgrass (var. Southlow) + N C6
Switchgrass (var. Southlow) no N C7
C3 – C4 mix (Canada Wild Rye + Switchgrass var. Southlow) C8
MI Native prairie-grasses (6 spp.) C9
MI Native prairie-low forb diversity (6 grass + 4 forb spp.) C10
MI Native prairie-medium forb diversity (6 grass + 12 forb spp.) C11
MI Native prairie-high forb diversity (6 grass + 24 forb spp.) C12
GLBRC Biofuel Cropping System Experiment (BCSE)
Continuous corn G1
Continuous corn + cover crops G2
Corn-Soybean + cover crops G3
Soybean-Corn + cover crops G4
Switchgrass G5
Miscanthus G6
Native Grasses G7
Hybrid Poplar G8
Early Successional G9
Restored Prairie G10
GLBRC Scale-up Experiment
AGR-Corn L1
AGR-Switchgrass L2
AGR-Prairie L3
CRP-Corn M1
CRP-Prairie M2
CRP-Switchgrass M3
CRP-Reference M4
GLBRC Marginal Land Experiment
Switchgrass G5
Miscanthus G6
Native Grasses G7
Hybrid Poplar G8
Early Successional G9
Restored Prairie G10
Historical Vegetation G11