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Data from: Interseeded cover crop mixtures influence soil water storage during the corn phase of corn-soybean-wheat no-till cropping systems

This study was initiated to evaluate, during the following corn (*Zea mays* L.) phase, the effects of interseeded cover crops on soil temperature, soil water balances, evapotranspiration, infiltration, and yield and water use efficiency of corn. The study was conducted at the USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD from 2017 through 2020. The cropping systems under study were primarily sequences of corn-soybean (*Glycine max* L.)-wheat (*Triticum aestivum* L.)-double crop soybean all planted with no-tillage management.

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Data from: Vegetation index-based partitioning of evapotranspiration is deficient in grazed systems

The dataset includes 30 minutes values of partitioned evaporation (E) and transpiration (T), T:ET ratios, and other ancillary datasets for three ET partitioning methods viz. Flux Variance Similarity (FVS) method, Transpiration Estimation Algorithm (TEA), and Underlying Water Use Efficiency (uWUE) method for the three wheat sites. The dataset also contains remote sensing-derived Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) data for each site.

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Data from: Vegetation index-based partitioning of evapotranspiration is deficient in grazed systems

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Data from: Evaluation of Water Use Efficiency Algorithms for Flux Variance Similarity-based Evapotranspiration Partitioning in C3 and C4 Grain Crops

The dataset includes 30 min values of partitioned evaporation (E) and transpiration (T) and T:ET ratios for five WUE algorithms during a month of peak growth period for five grain crops modelled in Fluxpart using data collected from Eddy Covariance Flux stations.

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Data from: Plant strategies for maximizing growth during drought and drought recovery in Solanum melongena L. (eggplant)

This data represents the collection of physiological and biometric data of above- and below-ground plant traits in four species of Solanum melongena of Philippine origin (PHL 4841, PHL 2778, PHL 2789, and Mara). Half of the plants were subjected to significant water deficit, and half again of those deficit plants were allowed to recover after subsequent watering. This data is suitable to serve as a benchmark for trait values in S. melongena, as well as in studies of trait responses to terminal drought and episodic drought in agricultural settings.