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Farm scale evaluations of herbicide tolerant genetically modified crops - spring oilseed rape

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Environmental Information Data Centre
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30 July 2026
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Summary

This dataset consists of a range of ecological measurements collected from a set of arable fields, each sown with a combination of genetically modified and conventional spring-sown oilseed rape crops. Measurements include species counts in the following areas: weed seedbank, vegetation in the crop, field edge vegetation, invertebrates. 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 (now the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology), the Institute of Arable Crops Research (now Rothamsted Research) and the Scottish Crop Research Institute (now the James Hutton Institute). Data were collected for four crops overall (Beet, Maize, Spring-sown Oilseed Rape and Winter-sown oilseed Rape). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/0023bd6e-4dd7-462c-aacf-f13083b054ab

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XML, HTML
Date added
24 July 2026
Harvest GUID
0023bd6e-4dd7-462c-aacf-f13083b054ab
Extent (Latitude)
60.861° to 49.864°
Extent (Longitude)
-8.648° to 1.768°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2012-02-29
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Access constraints
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Scott, R.J., Baker, P., Bell, D., Bennett, S., Birchall, C., Boffey, C.W.H., Bohan, D.A., Brooks, D.R., Browne, E.L., Champion, G.T., Clark, S.J., Daniels, R.E., Dewar, A.J.G., Dewar, A.M., Fairfax, C.M., Firbank, L.G., Garner, B.H., Haughton, A.J., Hawes, C., Haylock, L.A., Heard, M.S., Hill, M.O., Horne, S.L., Hulmes, S.E., Mason, N.S., May, M.J., Norton, L.R., Nuttall, P., Osborne, J.L., Parish, A.M., Perry, J.N., Randle, Z., Rossall, M.J., Rothery, P., Roy, D.B., Sands, R.J.N., Singer, E.J., Skellern, M.P., Squire, G.R., Thomas, M.R., Walker, J.H., Walker, M.J., Woiwod, I.P., Wood, C.M., Young, M.W. (2012). Farm scale evaluations of herbicide tolerant genetically modified crops - spring oilseed rape. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/0023bd6e-4dd7-462c-aacf-f13083b054ab
Responsible party
(author, pointOfContact, publisher, custodian); Scottish Crop Research Institute (author); Central Science Laboratory (author)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng

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