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Root-to-shoot ratios and reference root biomass values for estimating below-ground crop biomass, with adjustments for N input and irrigation.

Format

A data frame with columns:

IPCC_crop

IPCC crop category name.

RS_default

Default root-to-shoot ratio.

RS_low_N

RS ratio under low N input (<60 kg N/ha).

RS_high_N

RS ratio under high N input (>120 kg N/ha).

RS_irrigated

RS ratio under irrigation.

RS_rainfed

RS ratio under rainfed conditions.

BG_ref_MgDMha

Reference below-ground biomass (Mg DM / ha).

Source

Literature source reference.

Source

IPCC (2006) Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Vol.4, Ch.11. Bolinder et al. (2007). Poorter & Nagel (2000). Benjamin et al. (2014).