Crop Yield and Root Growth Effects from Simulated Underground Cable Heating

A controlled greenhouse experiment investigated the effects of root zone temperature increases from underground HVDC cables on agricultural systems. The dataset covers a sequential crop sequence of spring barley, sugar beet, spring wheat, and lucerne grown on two soils under three water regimes. It was created by Ken Uhlig and published on figshare in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling crop yield response to soil warming based on the described crop sequence and water regimes.
• Analyzing root growth intensity under elevated temperatures based on the described root development metrics.
• Assessing changes in crop quality parameters like protein concentration based on the described nutrient composition analysis.
• Evaluating mitigation strategies for underground cable routing based on the described framework for agricultural risk assessment.

Strengths

• Dataset is based on a multi-crop experiment covering spring barley, sugar beet, spring wheat, and lucerne.
• Experimental design includes two contrasting soil types and three controlled water regimes.
• Data applies a group-specific ratio normalization to isolate heat-induced responses across the crop sequence.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The 7.1 KB file size suggests a very limited scope or a highly summarized dataset.

Provenance

Source

Ken Uhlig via figshare.

Collection Method

Data generated from a controlled greenhouse experiment using a HeAted soiL Monolith (HAL-M) system.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 05:43:11; freshness should be verified.