Table 3.

Location characteristics and previous land use of the six OPTIMISC field trials established in May 2012.

Country	Location name	Latitude	Longitude	Altitude (m)	Previous land use	Annual air temperature,°C	Annual rainfall, mm
Turkey	Adana	37.00	35.00	27	Arable	19.0	575.2
Germany	Stuttgart	48.74	8.93	463	Arable	9.8	725.4
Ukraine	Potash	48.89	30.44	237	Arable	8.9	537.2
Netherlands	Wageningen	51.59	5.39	10	Horticultural	10.3	826.4
UK	Aberystwyth	52.43	–4.01	39	Grassland	9.7	1038.1
Russia	Moscow	55.50	37.33	140	Arable	4.1	644.0