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Table 2.

Crop management in the oilseed rape/winter wheat/winter barley (OWB) reference cropping system based on expert opinion. The field was ploughed every 6 years before OSR.

Cultivation technique Winter oilseed rape Winter wheat Winter barley
Plough No plough
Residues from previous crop Buried Buried Buried Buried
Tillage Mouldboard plough (4 July)
Harrow (14 July)
2 × spring tine (4 Aug., 19 Aug.)
Harrow (24 Aug.)
Roll (24 Aug.)
Covercrop (14 July)
Chisel (29 July)
Harrow (24 Aug.)
Roll (24 Aug.)
Covercrop (31 July)
Chisel (31 Aug.)
Spring tine (29 Sept.)
Harrow (4 Oct.)
Covercrop (29 July)
Chisel (31 Aug.)
Spring tine (30 Sept.)
Harrow (4 Oct.)
Sowing date 24 Aug. 24 Aug. 4 Oct. 4 Oct.
Sowing density (seeds/m2) 50 50 280 300
Herbicides Clomazone + dimetachlore
+ napropamide (11, 25 Aug.)
Quizalofop-éthyl isomère D (1, 18 April)
Glyphosate (0.5, 14 Aug.)
Clomazone + dimetachlore + napropamide (1, 25 Aug.)
Quizalofop-éthyl isomère D (1, 18 April)
Iodosulfuron-méthyl-sodium
+ mésosulfuron-méthyl (0.6, 29 Feb.)
Diflufénicanil + ioxynil
+ bromoxynil (0.3, 29 Feb.)
Florasulame (0.3, 29 Feb.)
Chlortoluron (1, 31 Oct.)
Pendiméthaline
+ picolinafen (0.7, 31 Oct.)
Fluroxypyr + Florasulam (0.5, 14 April)
Nitrogen fertiliser (kg/ha) 70 (1 Feb.)
100 (29 Feb.)
70 (1 Feb.)
100 (29 Feb.)
50 (15 Feb.)
80 (14 March)
50 (29 April)
50 (1 Feb.)
90 14 March)
Harvest date 14 July 14 July 19 July 29 June

Soil texture was 36% clay, 58% loam and 6% sand, with 1% of stones. Soil depth was 90 cm.

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Rates relative to standard rate for active ingredient.

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