Rutzendorf, MUBIL Trial - Austria

Basic Information
Site Name
Rutzendorf, MUBIL Trial
Short name
Rutzendorf
Country
Austria
Operating Organisation
Division of Organic Farming (IfOEL), Department of Sustainable Agricultural Systems, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Site Manager
Gabriele Gollner
Funding Agency
Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism (BMLRT)
Site Description
The Rutzendorf Experimental Station is an agricultural research site of the University of Natural Resources and Live Sciences Vienna (BOKU), belonging to the Landwirtschaftliche Versuchswirtschaften GmbH. It is representative for the productive soils managed as arable land in the Marchfeld area (Lower Austria). The soil is described as a silty loamy Calcaric Phaeozem (WRB), a Chernozem according to Austrian soil classification. Management on the farm is without livestock, no organic fertilizers are applied. The farm was converted to organic farming in the production year 2002/03. The 8-year crop rotation comprises luzerne (2 yrs), winter wheat*, grain maize, spring barley*, field peas*, winter wheat, winter rye. Cover crop ...
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Last modified
2025-04-29 14:04:43

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2003
Observed properties
soil parameteragricultural parameteratmospheric parameterbiological parameterlandscape parameterphysical parameteravailablephosphoruspercentnitrogenpercentorganiccarbonsoilcarbonstoragesoildepthsoildrybulkdensitysoilorganiccarbonsoilpHsoiltextureconcentrationofnitrogeninseedsconcentrationofnitrogenintheentireplantdrymatteryieldgrainweightharvestindexseedyieldairtemperaturemeanannualprecipitationmeanannualtemperatureplantcarbonconcentrationmicrobialbiomasscarbonplantdensityplantheightlandscapestructuredrybulkdensity
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
LTER Austria✔This site is a verified "LTER Austria" member.
Photos
Lucerne in the crop rotation
Lucerne in the crop rotation
Geographic
Marker
300 km
200 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 48.21638 Longitude: 16.615562

Size
ca. 143.00ha
Elevation (average)
154.00msl
Elevation (min)
137.00msl
Elevation (max)
165.00msl
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Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Agricultural
Ecosystem Type
Agricultural
Biogeographical Region
Continental Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I)
Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I) » Arable land and market gardens (I1)
Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I) » Arable land and market gardens (I1) » Arable land with unmixed crops grown by low-intensity agricultural methods (I1.3)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
11.00°C
Precipitation Annual
503.00mm
Protection Level (IUCN category)
not applicable
Land Use
primary production
primary production » agriculture
primary production » agriculture » commercial agricultural production
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
partly observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Paper
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial database (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Proprietary file format
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
regular car
Permanent Operation
Yes
Site Visit Interval
12
Maintenance Interval
30
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
The data provider must be offered co-authorship for publications using this dataset at least within the metadata description
The opportunity to collaborate on the project using the dataset
The opportunity to review the results based on the dataset
The dataset provider is given a complete list of all products that make use of the dataset
LTER Site Classification
Regular