Table 1.

General characteristics of the study sites.

Country	Study Site	Site name	ALT	LAT	LONG	Climate	Soil	pH	Average annual rainfall	Average annual temperature	ETP	Quinoa sowing date
Algeria	AL1	Biskra	270	34.3	5.38	Arid	Clay-Loam	8.2	124	21.7	2144	22/09/2014
Algeria	AL2	El-oued	25	33.7	6	Saharian	Sandy-Loam	7.9	50	28	2107	22/09/2014
Iraq	IQ1	Al-qurna	2	30.94	47.45	Arid	Clay-Loam	7.8	130	25.07	2121	19/12/2013
Iraq	IQ2	Al diwaniyah	24	32.01	44.89	Arid	Clay-Loam	7.8	120	24.48	1911	17/12/2013
Yemen	YE1	Ta'izz	1300	13.3	44.1	Temperate	Clay-Sandy-Loam	8	175	26	1700	07/01/2014
Yemen	YE2	Al-kadan	252	12.42	45	Tropical	Clay-Sandy	8.3	175	30	2100	09/01/2014
Yemen	YE3	Dhamar	2700	14.55	44.4	Temperate	Clay-Loam	7.8	225	18	1300	07/01/2014
Egypt	EG1	Ismailia	13	30.06	32.2	Mediteranean	Sandy	7.8	16	21.9	1800	15/12/2013
Egypt	EG2	Giza	19	30.01	31.22	Mediteranean	Clay	7.8	9.2	20.8	1800	16/12/2013
Iran	IN3	Iranshahr	591	27.2	60.7	Saharian	Reg Soil-Hamada	7.8	113	26.5	1500	24/12/2013
Lebanon	LB1	Tyr	5	33.15	35.13	Mediterranean	Sandy Calcareous	8.9	700	20	1200	26/12/2013
Lebanon	LB2	Tel-amara	925	33.51	35.59	Semi-arid Continental	Clay	7.9	550	15	1500	04/08/2014
Lebanon	LB3	Tarchich	1036	34.88	36.72	Arid continental	Clay-Loam	7.6	350	14	1650	16/05/2014
Mauritania	MA1	Kankossa	51	15.92	−15.52	Saharian	Sandy	7.8	600	29	2400	30/12/2013
Mauritania	MA2	Rindao	11	16.14	−13.58	Saharian	Loam	7.6	250	29	2400	23/12/2013
Mauritania	MA3	Dieri	21	15.52	−12.99	Saharian	Sandy	7.6	250	29	2400	13/01/2014
Tadjikistan	TA1	Mukarramov	1200	36	67	Semi-arid Continental	Clay-Loam	7.8	250	25	1200	06/05/2014
Kyrgyzstan	KY1	Suzak	700	40.5	73.55	Continental	Stained Clay Light Gray	7.4	285	12.3	1406	01/05/2014
Kyrgyzstan	KY2	Chui	1150	42.45	74.3	Continental	Stained Clay Gray	7.8	375	10.1	950	30/04/2014