Table 2.
The weather data from the experimental site throughout the period (from July to November) during the growing seasons of 2019/2020 and 2020/2021
| Temperature (°C) | Relative humidity (%) |
Wind speed (Km hour-1) |
Solar radiation (MJ m-2) | Precipitation (mm) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Min | Max | Min | |||||
| July | 2021 | 43.1±0.21 | 24.5±0.20 | 28.8±0.22 | 5.3± 0.25 | 2.5± 0.24 | 27.0± 0.20 | 0 |
| 2022 | 42.7±0.20 | 24.3±0.21 | 28.1±0.21 | 3.3± 0.22 | 2.2± 0.24 | 26.2± 0.21 | 0 | |
| August | 2021 | 42.3±0.21 | 25.4±0.19 | 31.3±0.22 | 5.8± 0.22 | 2.7± 0.22 | 20.5± 0.22 | 0 |
| 2022 | 42.5±0.21 | 26.0±0.19 | 33.3±0.22 | 5.6± 0.22 | 2.6± 0.22 | 21.2± 0.21 | 0 | |
| September | 2021 | 41.5±0.19 | 24.4±0.20 | 37.1±0.21 | 9.4± 0.21 | 3.2± 0.24 | 18.0± 0.19 | 0 |
| 2022 | 40.7±0.20 | 26.7±0.21 | 37.5±0.22 | 9.3± 0.22 | 3.1± 0.21 | 18.6± 0.21 | 0 | |
| October | 2021 | 36.5±0.20 | 21.0±0.21 | 43.0±0.21 | 12.6± 0.29 | 3.8±0.20 | 16.1± 0.18 | 0 |
| 2022 | 36.2±0.20 | 21.3±0.21 | 48.2±0.23 | 16.1± 0.25 | 3.7±0.21 | 16.0± 0.20 | 0 | |
| November | 2021 | 31.8±0.20 | 16.0±0.20 | 35.0±0.22 | 19.3± 0.25 | 2.5± 0.24 | 15.9± 0.21 | 0 |
| 2022 | 31.2±0.21 | 15.8±0.20 | 36.3±0.19 | 20.2± 0.22 | 2.3±0.21 | 15.3± 0.22 | 0 |
Max maximum temperature, Min minimum temperature, and mm millimeter. The meteorological data were obtained from Toshka agrometeorological station, Egypt. Values are the mean of 3 replicates ± standard errors