Table 4.
Effect of sowing date at the same field site on HTT (Tb=25 °C) and the number of hours of exposure to temperature exceeding 25 and 30 °C during the period when SMC was between 700 and 800 mg/g for garden pea cvar Alderman (adapted from Shinohara et al. 2006a).
| Sowing date | SMC 700–800 mg/g | PM* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period† | HTT | No. of hours | |||
| (°Ch) | >25 °C | >30 °C | |||
| 26 Sep | 31 Dec–4 Jan | 198 | 45 | 19 | 11 Jan |
| 21 Oct | 8 Jan–13 Jan | 106 | 38 | 8 | 21 Jan |
| 19 Nov | 1 Feb–7 Feb | 21 | 5 | 0 | 18 Feb |
*
Dates when seeds were adjudged to have reached PM.
†
Period when SMC was between 700 and 800 mg/g.