Data on soil physicochemical properties and biodiversity from conventional, organic and organic mulch-based cropping systems.

The data presented here are related to the article entitled "Soil functions are affected by transition from conventional to organic mulch-based cropping system"[1]. Data were col- lected in 2016 in a processing tomato field located near Pe- rugia, Italy. In details, data were collected in three differently managed processing tomato cropping systems: conventional integrated (INT); traditional organic with cover crops and conventional tillage (ORG); and organic coupled with con- servation agriculture, with mulch-based cover crop and no- tillage (ORG + ). We report data on the impact of each crop- ping system on crop biomass and yield, soil physicochemical properties, size and structure of soil microbial community, soil invertebrate biodiversity and habitat provision (predator- prey trophic interactions).