Table 3 Main characteristics of the experimental designs

From: Effects of halving pesticide use on wheat production

Site

Number of cropping systems

Number of replicates per cropping system

Years with winter wheat (number of yield data per year)

Number of yield data per site

Toulouse

3

4

1996 (3); 2000 (1); 2001 (1); 2002 (1)

6

Versailles

4

4

1998 (8); 1999 (8); 2000 (8); 2001 (6); 2002 (8); 2003 (8); 2004 (8); 2005 (8); 2006 (8); 2007 (10); 2008 (10); 2009 (6); 2010 (10); 2011 (6); 2012 (6)

118

Dijon

5

2

2001 (8); 2002 (1); 2003 (5); 2004 (5); 2005 (1); 2006 (1) 2007 (1); 2008 (3); 2009 (4); 2010 (3); 2011 (3); 2012 (5)

40

Grignon

4

3

2009 (3); 2010 (6); 2011 (3)

12