Long-Term Field Experiments Overview Map: An interactive open-access metadata platform to enhance networking and data reuse
Résumé
Agricultural long-term experiments (LTEs) are infrastructures for understanding the long-term impacts of agricultural practices on soil health, crop productivity, and environmental sustainability. Some spanning over 150 years, they generate essential data on crops, fertilization, tillage, irrigation, and land management. However, the fragmented landscape of LTEs leading to data accessibility challenges have limited their full research potential. We introduce an overview map for LTEs (LTE-Map) (https://lte.bonares.de), an open-access and interactive platform that centralizes and provide valuable information (metadata) from LTEs. Developed with LTE institutions and data users, its structured model standardizes experimental and organizational data for global interoperability. It enables researchers to efficiently access LTE metadata, aligning with FAIR principles, and serves as a user-friendly gateway to key experimental and environmental information.
Auteurs, date et publication :
Auteurs Cenk Dönmez , Xenia Specka , Carsten Hoffmann , Nikolai Svoboda , Guillaume Blanchy , Claire Chenu , Katharina Helming
Publication : Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Date : 2026
Volume : 245
Pages : 111534