Farm scale evaluations of herbicide tolerant genetically modified crops - farm management data

This dataset consists of farm management data which includes crop drilling dates and herbicide application dates. The data relate to arable fields in which a range of ecological measurements were collected, including species counts in the following areas: weed seedbank, vegetation in the crop, field edge vegetation, invertebrates. Each field was sown with a combination of genetically modified and conventional crops, either Beet, Maize, Spring-sown Oilseed Rape or Winter-sown oilseed Rape. The data were collected as part of the Farm Scale Evaluations (FSEs), a four-year programme of research by independent researchers aimed at studying the effect that the management practices associated with Genetically Modified Herbicide Tolerant (GMHT) crops might have on farmland wildlife, when compared with weed control used with non-GM crops. Data were collected by a consortium of: the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, ITE (now the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, CEH), the Institute of Arable Crop Research (now Rothamstead Research, IACR) and the Scottish Crop Research Institute, SCRI (now the James Hutton Institute, JHI). Data were collected for four crops overall (Beet, Maize, Spring-sown Oilseed Rape and Winter-sown oilseed Rape).

本数据集包含农业管理数据，涵盖了作物播种日期及除草剂应用日期。数据关联于耕作土地，其中收集了多种生态测量指标，包括以下区域的物种计数：杂草种子库、作物植被、田边植被以及无脊椎动物。每个田地均种植了转基因作物与传统作物的组合，包括甜菜、玉米、春播油菜籽或冬播油菜籽。数据收集作为农场规模评估（FSEs）的一部分，该评估项目为期四年，由独立研究人员进行，旨在研究与转基因除草剂耐受性（GMHT）作物相关的管理实践可能对农田野生动物产生的影响，并与非转基因作物使用的杂草控制措施进行对比。数据由以下机构联合收集：陆地生态研究所（ ITE，现更名为生态与水文研究中心，CEH）、耕作作物研究所（现名洛桑研究站，IACR）以及苏格兰作物研究所（ SCRI，现名詹姆斯·哈顿研究所，JHI）。共收集了四种作物的数据（甜菜、玉米、春播油菜籽和冬播油菜籽）。