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. 2014 Jun 5;9(6):e98677. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098677

Table 1. Daily cyles of the climate chamber program for the three temperature treatments Tmin, T and Tplus reflecting July outdoor temperatures at 1800 m, 1200 m and 600 m a.s.l.

Interval Running time (h) Temperature (°C) Relative humidity (%) Illumination (klx)
Tmin T Tplus
1 2 8 12 16 72 0
2 3 6 10 14 81 0
3 5 5 9 13 84 0
4 6 18 22 26 55 21
5 2 19 23 27 51 21
6 2 18 22 26 51 16
7 4 10 14 18 63 1

Parameters were changed gradually to reach the set value at the end of the running time of each interval. Relative humidity and light regime were kept the same in all temperature treatments.