Datasets from fertilized improved and local varieties of cassava grown in the highlands of South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.

The use of mineral fertilizer and organic inputs with an improved and local variety of cassava allows (i) to identify nutrient limitations to cassava production, (ii) to investigate the effects of variety and combined application of mineral and organic inputs on cassava growth and yield and (iii) to evaluate the profitability of the improved variety and fertilizer use in cassava production. Data on growth, yield and yield components of an improved and local variety of cassava, economic analysis, soil and weather, collected during two growing cycles of cassava in farmer's fields in the highlands of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) are presented. The data complement the recently published paper "Increased cassava growth and yields through improved variety use and fertilizer application in the highlands of South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo" (Munyahali .

Multiple taxa inoculants of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhanced colonization frequency, biomass production, and water use efficiency of cassava (Manihot esculenta).

Increasing water use efficiency (WUE) in crops is critical to maintaining agricultural production under climate change-exacerbated drought. One of these approaches may consist of leveraging on the beneficial interactions between crops and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). In this study, we investigated how inoculation with AMF from three different taxa (Claroideoglomus etunicatum (T1), Gigaspora margarita (T2), and Rhizophagus irregularis (T3)) and their combination (T123) and a non-inoculated "control" treatment in a greenhouse could achieve increased biomass production and water use efficiency in cassava under three levels of water availability (100% PC, 60%-moderate stress, and 30%-severe stress).

Correction: Combining organic and mineral fertilizers as a climate-smart integrated soil fertility management practice in sub-Saharan Africa: A meta-analysis.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.

Water deficit and potassium affect carbon isotope composition in cassava bulk leaf material and extracted carbohydrates.

Cassava ( Crantz) is an important root crop, which despite its drought tolerance suffers considerable yield losses under water deficit. One strategy to increase crop yields under water deficit is improving the crop's transpiration efficiency, which could be achieved by variety selection and potassium application. We assessed carbon isotope composition in bulk leaf material and extracted carbohydrates (soluble sugar, starch, and cellulose) of selected leaves one month after inducing water deficit to estimate transpiration efficiency and storage root biomass under varying conditions in a greenhouse experiment.