Dataset for: Conservation agriculture trial in the locality of Licame, Chugay district, La Libertad - Peru (First season 2022-2023)

For this trial, the improved potato variety INIA-325 Poderosa was used with a split-plit plot design considering three factors: tillage (conventional and zero tillage), plastic barriers (with and without barrier) and amount of oat/barley mulching (10, 20 and 30 cm thick).

The combination of these factors generated a total of 12 treatments; and an additional control treatment (conventional practices in the area). In adition, 4 replicates were established, with a total of 52 plots of 3x4 m2 each (distance between plant and furrow of 0.3 m and 1 m, respectively). The variables evaluated were: emergence (%), coverage (%), soil moisture (%), chlorophyll content (SPAD units), plant height (cm), soil temperature (°C), descompositio rate, fresh tuber yield (t ha-1), cost-benefit ratio and carbon footprint (kg CO2e Total) at different times during the vegetative period of the crop.