Data for: Miscanthus × giganteus changes soil structure and increases maximum water holding capacity

Nelson, Jessica T.; Dor, Maoz; VanLoocke, Andy D.; Studt, Jacob E.; Schrock, Perla K.; McDaniel, Marshall D.

doi:10.25380/iastate.30233887

Title: Data for: Miscanthus × giganteus changes soil structure and increases maximum water holding capacity

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The data provided include results from a comparative study evaluating the impact of Miscanthus × giganteus (miscanthus) versus maize on soil structural properties and maximum water holding capacity (MWHC) across two Iowa sites. The dataset includes MWHC values determined using the Funnel Filter Paper Drainage (FFPD) method, as well as additional measurements of MWHC following structural disruption of the soil to isolate the effect of aggregation. It also contains three-dimensional micro-computed tomography (microCT) data used to quantify total porosity and pore size distribution (PSD) of soil aggregates at a 5 µm resolution. All data are provided as raw replicate-level measurements, organized by site, crop, and depth, along with processed summary files in table form in CSV (.csv) format to support reproducibility and downstream analysis.

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Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA; Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation
Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA; School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA; Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, Texas, USA

Publication Date:: Mon Oct 06 20:00:00 EDT 2025

DOE Contract Number:: SC0018420

Research Org.:: Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) (CABBI)

Sponsoring Org.:: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE); USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Hatch Multistate project; Vaadia-BARD Postdoctoral Fellowship Award

Subject:: Misanthus x giganteus; Porosity; Soil Aggregates; Soil Structure; Water Holding Capacity

OSTI Identifier:: 3012117

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.25380/iastate.30233887

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                    Nelson, Jessica T., Dor, Maoz, VanLoocke, Andy D., Studt, Jacob E., Schrock, Perla K., and McDaniel, Marshall D. Data for: Miscanthus × giganteus changes soil structure and increases maximum water holding capacity.  United States: N. p., 2025. 
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                    Nelson, Jessica T., Dor, Maoz, VanLoocke, Andy D., Studt, Jacob E., Schrock, Perla K., & McDaniel, Marshall D. Data for: Miscanthus × giganteus changes soil structure and increases maximum water holding capacity.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.25380/iastate.30233887

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                    Nelson, Jessica T., Dor, Maoz, VanLoocke, Andy D., Studt, Jacob E., Schrock, Perla K., and McDaniel, Marshall D. 2025.  
"Data for: Miscanthus × giganteus changes soil structure and increases maximum water holding capacity".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.25380/iastate.30233887.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/3012117. Pub date:Mon Oct 06 20:00:00 EDT 2025

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  title        = {Data for: Miscanthus × giganteus changes soil structure and increases maximum water holding capacity},

  author       = {Nelson, Jessica T. and Dor, Maoz and VanLoocke, Andy D. and Studt, Jacob E. and Schrock, Perla K. and McDaniel, Marshall D.},

  abstractNote = {The data provided include results from a comparative study evaluating the impact of Miscanthus × giganteus (miscanthus) versus maize on soil structural properties and maximum water holding capacity (MWHC) across two Iowa sites. The dataset includes MWHC values determined using the Funnel Filter Paper Drainage (FFPD) method, as well as additional measurements of MWHC following structural disruption of the soil to isolate the effect of aggregation. It also contains three-dimensional micro-computed tomography (microCT) data used to quantify total porosity and pore size distribution (PSD) of soil aggregates at a 5 µm resolution. All data are provided as raw replicate-level measurements, organized by site, crop, and depth, along with processed summary files in table form in CSV (.csv) format to support reproducibility and downstream analysis.},

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