Variable name | Definition |
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Geo-reference, longitude (field) | GPS coordinate WGS 84 |
Geo-reference, latitude (field) | GPS coordinate WGS 84 |
Location | Location of the experimental site |
Crop | Name of the crop |
GM Event | Name of the GM event |
Treatment property | Type of Bt toxin(s) or comparator |
Gene stacking | Information about stacked event , name of the stacked genes |
Variety and cultivar | The commercial name of the variety and cultivar ID |
Comparator properties | Information about the used comparator in relation with the Bt variety - isogenic or other. |
Pesticide treatment(s) | Information about pesticide treatment , product name, active substance, amount, number, time and method for application. |
Fertilizer use | Amount of NPK |
Weather conditins | Mean annual temperature and precipitation |
Experimental setup | Field; glasshouse; microcosmos; mesocosmos |
Experimental design | Randomized complete blocks; Completely randomized; Multi location; Other. Kind of micro-mesocosmos |
Plot size (field) | Calculation of the plot size (in square meters) |
Plots number (field) | Number of plots per treatment |
Cropping system (field) | Conventional; Reduced tillage; Conservation tillage etc. |
Crop rotation (field) | Information about the history of the experimental field |
Tillage date (field) | Date since last tillage event, including ploughing, harrowing, rotovation etc. |
Date of cropping system establishment (field) | Date when the Bt crop was planted for first time |
Seeding date (field) | Date of seeding within each growing season |
Sampling date (field) | Date when the sampling was performed |
Plant development stage | Stage at the point of sampling |
Size (Micro-mesocosmos) | Size of the Experimental setup |
Number of replicates (Micro-mesocosmos) | Number of replicates per treatment |
Duration (Micro-mesocosmos) | Duration of the experiment |
Temperature (Micro-mesocosmos) | Temperature at which the experiment was carried out |
Other (Micro-mesocosmos) | Other informations related to experiments in Micro-mesocosmos |
Data type | Of the value of the measured quantity, real, integer, binary, categorical, other |
Method(s) | Short description of the applied method(s) |
Microbial biomass | Measured biomass |
Bacterial abundance | Number of bacteria, total and/or specific groups |
Fungal abundance | Number of fungi, Total and/or specific groups |
Microbial diversity | Taxonomic, genetic and/or functional diversity |
Microbial activity | Specific activity measures, includes respiration, enzymatic activities, mineralisation etc. |
Other microbial measurers | Other microbial measurements, including colonization of roots by mycorrhizal fungi, and root nodules |
Sample depth (field) | Depth in the soil where the sample was taken |
Sample amount | Amount of soil in one sample |
Sampling location (field) | Location from which the samples are take, e.g. between rows, within rows, distance from roots |
Extraction method | Used technique for extraction of microorganisms, the activity or DNA etc. |
Sample size (field) | Sample size as reported by the author |
Variability measure | STD; SEM; CLM; Variance |
Quantity | Quantified variability |
Soil type | Soil type according to WRB classification |
Other fixed and random effects | E.g. fertilization, fungicide use, additional factors and effects of the experimental design |
Data origin | Table or figure from which the data originates |
Data extraction | How data was extracted, e.g. as exact number from tables or scaled numbers from graphs |
Statistical analysis | Description of the statistical methods for analysis of variance |
Reference | Bibliographic reference code as found in the GRACE CADIMA database (Central Access Database for Impact Assessment of Crop Genetic Improvement Technologies) |
Source of funding | Description of the funding source of the study |
Authors affiliation | Type of institution to which the first author belongs |
Comments | Any other information which may be relevant |
Keywords | Keywords for finding the reference in a systematic review - {list of keywords} |