Table 2.
Daily global radiation, temperature, and accumulated rainfall during different phenological periods in all growing seasons.
| Sowing–emergence | Emergence–jointing | Jointing–anthesis | Anthesis–maturity | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing season | Experiment | Experimental approaches | Average temp. (ºC) | Daily global radiation (MJ m–2) | Rainfall (mm) | Average temp. (ºC) | Daily global radiation (MJ m–2) | Rainfall (mm) | Average temp. (ºC) | Daily global radiation (MJ m–2) | Rainfall (mm) | Average temp. (ºC) | Daily global radiation (MJ m–2) | Rainfall (mm) |
| 2006–07 | 1 | Micro-crop | 10.1 | 5.80 | 14.6 | 6.70 | 7.74 | 43.3 | 13.2 | 17.2 | 90.5 | 19.4 | 25.1 | 28.4 |
| 2007–08 | 2 | Micro-crop | 7.13 | 8.37 | 7.70 | 7.67 | 9.18 | 33.8 | 13.5 | 20.2 | 42.3 | 18.6 | 22.6 | 155 |
| 2008–09 | 3 | Micro-crop | 6.13 | 6.00 | 30.5 | 7.87 | 11.1 | 88.8 | 14.6 | 19.7 | 115 | 21.8 | 25.2 | 35.1 |
| 4 | Field | 4.82 | 6.24 | 24.2 | 6.38 | 9.13 | 67.5 | 11.9 | 19.1 | 134 | 17.9 | 24.6 | 4.93 | |
| 5 | Field | 3.15 | 4.40 | 29.8 | 8.50 | 12.7 | 40.4 | 12.9 | 20.2 | 140 | 20.8 | 24.3 | 20.7 | |
| 2009–10 | 6 | Micro-crop | 6.81 | 5.34 | 45.6 | 5.60 | 10.2 | 133 | 14.1 | 18.5 | 52.9 | 19.2 | 25.0 | 102 |