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Research Project: Developing Sustainable Forage and Cover Crop Systems for Dairy Farms

Location: Dairy Forage Research

Title: Data from: seed size has a major impact on fall seedling vigor in the cover crop hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth)

Author
item Tilhou, Neal
item Kucek, Lisa
item MOORE, VIRGINIA - Cornell University
item HANSON, SOLVEIG - Cornell University
item REBERG-HORTON, CHRIS - North Carolina State University
item RYAN, MATTHEW - Cornell University
item EHLKE, NANCY - University Of Minnesota
item BARTOW, AMY - US Department Of Agriculture (USDA)
item CARR, BRANDON - US Department Of Agriculture (USDA)
item DOUGLAS, JOEL - US Department Of Agriculture (USDA)
item ENGLERT, JOHN - US Department Of Agriculture (USDA)
item CRAWFORD, JAMIE - Cornell University
item CRAWFORD, RYAN - Cornell University
item ALI, SHAHJAHAN - Oak Ridge Institute For Science And Education (ORISE)
item Riday, Heathcliffe

Submitted to: Ag Data Commons
Publication Type: Database / Dataset
Publication Acceptance Date: 5/19/2025
Publication Date: 5/19/2025
Citation: Tilhou, N.W., Kucek, L.K., Moore, V., Hanson, S., Reberg-Horton, C., Ryan, M.R., Ehlke, N., Bartow, A., Carr, B., Douglas, J., Englert, J., Crawford, J., Crawford, R., Ali, S. 2025. Data from: seed size has a major impact on fall seedling vigor in the cover crop hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth). Ag Data Commons. 13:14. https://doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/29042567.v1.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/29042567.v1

Interpretive Summary: This dataset includes measurements of seed size and plant growth for thousands of hairy vetch individuals. These plants were measured during a breeding program to develop improved cover crops. This data was useful to study the connection between seed size and plant growth.

Technical Abstract: This data is a subset of the Cover Crop Breeding Network's hairy vetch breeding program containing (1) maternal plants which have a seed size measurement and (2) their offspring. Individuals were grown over multiple years at multiple sites in the eastern continental US. Each row represents a plant and their ID code contains the site (using U.S. state acronym) and year (formatted 20XX). For all individuals, visual fall and spring vigor scores are included, when available. Seed size is presented as two dimensional square millimeters based on a digital measurement from an image. This dataset was used in a publication which concluded that seed size in hairy vetch is closely linked to seedling vigor, as measured by a visual fall vigor score.