“…Despite the potential usefulness of mechanistic models based on seedling emergence subprocesses (i.e., seed dormancy, germination and pre-emergence growth), relatively few modelling approaches have been developed (Colbach, Busset, Yamada, D€ urr, & Caneill, 2006;Colbach, Chauvel, Darmency, & Tricault, 2011;Colbach & M ezi ere, 2013;Gardarin, Guillemin, Munier-Jolain, & Colbach, 2010;Gardarin et al, 2012;Vleeshouwers & Kropff, 2000). Therefore, the objective of this work was to develop a mechanistic model for hairy vetch seedling emergence in order to (i) estimate the natural reseeding of hairy vetch in the pasture phase of the field rotation or (ii) develop control strategies considering hairy vetch as a volunteer weed in the winter cereal phase.…”