Credit: Fred Zwicky, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Professor Sandi Lee Caldrone, left, joins Research technician Maia Rothman, center, and Associate Director of Information Technology at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Josh Henry. A historic treasure trove of data is now available after data from the Morrow Plots have been digitized and made available online to scientists, students, and educators around the world.
The new database, which includes crop hybrid, rotation, planting density, and yield, as well as fertilizer type and amount, came together thanks to the Morrow Plots Data Curation Working Group. Established in1876 by University of Illinois professor Manly Miles, the Morrow Plots are the oldest experimental crop field in America and the second oldest in the world.