Legincrop: Soil Health Data from Cassava-Cowpea Intercropping in Vietnam 2017-2018

Legincrop project data from 2017-2018 in Vietnam's Lao Cai province compares cassava-cowpea intercropping to monocropping. The dataset includes soil physico-chemical analyses, raw counts of soil fauna, and raw amplicon sequencing data for 16S and ITS. Laetitia Herrmann of CIRAD authored this data, which supported a manuscript on rapidly enhancing soil health in mountainous Northern Vietnam.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between soil physico-chemical characteristics and biodiversity based on the described analyses.
• Comparing soil fauna populations between intercropping and monocropping systems based on the raw counts.
• Analyzing soil microbiome composition and diversity using the provided 16S and ITS amplicon sequencing raw data.
• Assessing the rapid enhancement of soil health from legume addition, as mentioned in the associated manuscript.

Strengths

• Includes data from a two-year field study conducted in 2017 and 2018.
• Contains three distinct data types: physico-chemical analyses, fauna counts, and microbiome sequencing raw data.
• Data originates from a specific research project (Legincrop/ACTAE) with a published manuscript.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

CIRAD Harvested Collection

Collection Method

Field research comparing intercropping and monocropping systems, with subsequent laboratory analyses.

Time Range

2017-2018

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 15:42:42; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Lao Cai province (formerly Yen Bai), Northern Vietnam