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. 2020 Nov 1;33:106481. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106481

Table 5.

Raw data of cumulative, estimated yields of lettuce and broccoli crop during 8 years at the Salinas Organic Cropping Systems experiment in Salinas, California; yields are on an oven-dry basis. This includes data from all eight systems in the experiment. A Microsoft Excel version of the table is available in the supplementary material (Supplementary Table 4).

Overview of the data1
 Cumulative Estimated Yields
Block (i.e. replicate)
 Symbol color & shape in PloS One article figures2
 System ID in Data in Brief article3
 System ID & description used in associated article in PLoS ONE4
 Compost added5
 Winer cover cropping frequency6
 Cover crop type7
 Cover crop seeding rate7
 Lettuce Yield
 Broccoli Yield
kg ha−1
1 Image 1 1* 1-No Compost + Legume-rye 4th Year No Every 4th winter Leg-rye 3x 5299 8511
2 Image 1 1* 1-No Compost + Legume-rye 4th Year No Every 4th winter Leg-rye 3x 5380 8607
3 Image 1 1* 1-No Compost + Legume-rye 4th Year No Every 4th winter Leg-rye 3x 5150 7805
4 Image 1 1* 1-No Compost + Legume-rye 4th Year No Every 4th winter Leg-rye 3x 4890 8110
1 Image 1 2* 2-Compost + Legume-rye 4th Year Yes Every 4th winter Leg-rye 3x 5510 8013
2 Image 1 2* 2-Compost + Legume-rye 4th Year Yes Every 4th winter Leg-rye 3x 6053 8487
3 Image 1 2* 2-Compost + Legume-rye 4th Year Yes Every 4th winter Leg-rye 3x 6108 9021
4 Image 1 2* 2-Compost + Legume-rye 4th Year Yes Every 4th winter Leg-rye 3x 5981 8370
1 NA 3* NA Yes Every winter Leg-rye 1x 6583 8368
2 NA 3* NA Yes Every winter Leg-rye 1x 6765 8676
3 NA 3* NA Yes Every winter Leg-rye 1x 6816 8942
4 NA 3* NA Yes Every winter Leg-rye 1x 6872 9524
1 Image 1 4* 3-Compost + Legume-rye annually Yes Every winter Leg-rye 3x 7289 8426
2 Image 1 4* 3-Compost + Legume-rye annually Yes Every winter Leg-rye 3x 7030 10271
3 Image 1 4* 3-Compost + Legume-rye annually Yes Every winter Leg-rye 3x 7362 9397
4 Image 1 4* 3-Compost + Legume-rye annually Yes Every winter Leg-rye 3x 6831 8845
1 Image 1 5* 4-Compost + Mustard annually Yes Every winter Mustard 1x 6276 8324
2 Image 1 5* 4-Compost + Mustard annually Yes Every winter Mustard 1x 6761 8213
3 Image 1 5* 4-Compost + Mustard annually Yes Every winter Mustard 1x 6752 9315
4 Image 1 5* 4-Compost + Mustard annually Yes Every winter Mustard 1x 6563 9829
1 NA 6* NA Yes Every winter Mustard 3x 6645 8546
2 NA 6* NA Yes Every winter Mustard 3x 6717 9944
3 NA 6* NA Yes Every winter Mustard 3x 6518 8947
4 NA 6* NA Yes Every winter Mustard 3x 6842 9409
1 Image 1 7* 5-Compost + Rye annually Yes Every winter Rye 1x 6682 8364
2 Image 1 7* 5-Compost + Rye annually Yes Every winter Rye 1x 6558 7989
3 Image 1 7* 5-Compost + Rye annually Yes Every winter Rye 1x 6711 9463
4 Image 1 7* 5-Compost + Rye annually Yes Every winter Rye 1x 6859 9559
1 NA 8* NA Yes Every winter Rye 3x 6879 8698
2 NA 8* NA Yes Every winter Rye 3x 6836 8833
3 NA 8* NA Yes Every winter Rye 3x 6509 8328
4 NA 8* NA Yes Every winter Rye 3x 6520 9125
1

The data provided in this table is from the Salinas Organic Cropping Systems (SOCS) study in Salinas, California. This includes cumulative, estimated lettuce and broccoli crop yields for all 8 systems in the SOCS study. The experimental design was a randomized complete block with 4 blocks (i.e., replicates). These data are provided to give readers an opportunity use the data for future meta-analyses, or analysis of confidence intervals, effect sizes, etc. in the Explanatory Software for Confidence Intervals (ESCI) produced by Geoff Cumming. ESCI is freely available at https://thenewstatistics.com/itns/esci/

2

The symbols, shapes, and colors used in the PLoS ONE article [1]. Note that in this article the data for only 5 systems were included, but in this Data in Brief article, the data for all 8 systems is included. NA= not applicable because the system was not included in the PLoS ONE article.

3

In this Data in Brief article, these numbers (1 to 8) are used for the 8 systems.

4

In the PLoS ONE article only 5 systems with seeding rates that provided optimal weed suppression were included. NA= not applicable because these 3 systems were not included in the PLoS ONE article.

5

The application rate for compost, which was applied prior to each vegetable crop, was 7.6 Mg ha−1 on an oven dry weight basis. The compost was made from urban yard waste.

6

Winter cover cropping period was from October or November to February or March.

7

See Table 1 for details on the cover crop types and seeding rates.