Cotton Response to CO2, Water, Nitrogen and Plant Density - A Repository of FACE, AgIIS and FISE Experiment Data

Abstract

Several cotton experiments have been conducted at the University of Arizona's Maricopa Agricultural Center from which datasets have been obtained documenting cotton responses to elevated CO₂ concentrations, water supply, nitrogen fertilizer, and planting density. In particular, these experiments included FACE (free-air CO₂ enrichment; CO₂, water; 10 treatment-years), AgIIS (Agricultural Irrigation Imaging System, pronounced Ag Eyes; nitrogen fertilizer, water supply; 4 treatment-years), and FISE (FAO-56 Irrigation Scheduling Experiments; irrigation scheduling method, planting density, nitrogen fertilizer; 24 treatment-years). Besides achieving the experimental objectives of determining cotton's response to the several variables, as well as testing remote sensing techniques, the comprehensive datasets are suitable for validating plant growth models because they include weather, soils, management, growth, yield and other data.