ragwort {Biostatistics}

Data on how plant-soil feedback affects growth of ragwort

Description

Data from an experiment looking at how the removal of soil biota affects plant-soil feedback and hence the growth of ragwort, Jacobaea vulgaris.

Usage

data("ragwort")

Format

A data frame with 45 observations on the following 3 variables.

inoculum

Mesh size of the filter used to process water from soil used to inoculate otherwise sterile soil. Smaller mesh = less microbiota

root_mass

plant root mass in g (dry weight)

leaf_mass

plant leaf mass in g (dry weight)

Source

Wang, M., Ruan, W., Kostenko, O., Carvalho, S., Hannula, S.E., Mulder, P.P.J., Bu, F., van der Putten, W.H. & Bezemer, T.M. (2019) Removal of soil biota alters soil feedback effects on plant growth and defense chemistry. The New Phytologist, 221, 1478-1491.

Examples

data(ragwort)
str(ragwort)