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Figure 1.5
. Main Cropping System Experiment (MCSE) Scale-up fields (n = 27) managed to
address questions related to the scalability of results from the MCSE depicted in Figure 1.2.
Management corresponds to the MCSE Conventional (T1), Reduced Input (T3), and
Biologically Based systems (T4; see Table 1.1). Also shown is the location of the Bioenergy
Cropping System Experiment (BCSE). Aerial photo background is from August 2011.
available in farm-scale fields. Farm-scale fields, on the other hand, will more often
be bordered by larger successional areas or woodlots, important overwintering hab-
itats for both insect herbivores and their natural enemies (Colunga-Garcia and Gage
1998, Landis and Gage 2015, Chapter 8 in this volume).
From the fall of 2006 through the fall of 2013, 27 fields managed by the
Kellogg Farm were assigned to one of three MCSE annual cropping sys-
tems: Conventional, Reduced Input, or Biologically Based. Each was also
assigned to one of three rotation entry points—corn, soybean, or wheat—and to
one of three replicate blocks. This provides three replicate fields for each system
× entry point combination (3 systems × 3 entry points × 3 replicates). Fields
