Nutritional Quality and Yield Traits of Five Alfalfa Varieties Over Six Harvests

Six consecutive harvests of five alfalfa varieties were analyzed for nutritional quality and yield traits. The dataset contains repeated measures analysis of variance results, authored by Yang Bai and uploaded to figshare in April 2026. The data is stored in an XLS file of 25.5 KB.

Use Cases

• Compare alfalfa variety performance based on yield traits mentioned in the description
• Analyze temporal trends in nutritional quality over six harvests
• Perform statistical validation of crop trial results using repeated measures ANOVA
• Model forage crop yield stability across multiple harvest cycles

Strengths

• Data covers six consecutive harvests, providing a temporal series
• Analysis includes five distinct alfalfa varieties for comparison
• Dataset is openly available under a CC-BY-4.0 license

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• The dataset is very small (25.5 KB), indicating limited scope

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Repeated measures analysis of variance of agricultural trial data

Time Range

Coverage spans six consecutive harvests

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 17:47:07; freshness should be verified