Table 1.
Location, soil and climatic characteristics of selected sites in India and West Africa.
| India |
West Africa |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hisar | Jaipur | Jodhpur | Bikaner | Aurangabad | Bijapur | Sadore | Cinzana | |
| (a) Location | ||||||||
| Latitude (°) | 29.15 | 26.91 | 26.24 | 28.02 | 19.88 | 16.82 | 13.25 | 13.25 |
| Longitude (°) | 75.72 | 75.79 | 73.02 | 73.32 | 75.34 | 75.71 | 2.3 | − 5.96 |
| Elevation (m) | 221 | 100 | 514 | 223 | 282 | 404 | 300 | 280 |
| (b) Soil | ||||||||
| Soil depth (cm) | 168 | 80 | 169 | 130 | 120 | 176 | 210 | 180 |
| EWHC (mm)a | 195 | 72 | 202 | 196 | 139 | 198 | 167 | 117 |
| (c) Climate (June to October) | ||||||||
| Mean max. temperature (°C) | 36.0 | 35.4 | 36.5 | 38.5 | 31.1 | 31.6 | 35.3 | 32.7 |
| Mean min. temperature(°C) | 23.4 | 24.4 | 25.1 | 26.2 | 21.4 | 21.9 | 23.6 | 23.3 |
| Mean temperature (°C) | 29.7 | 29.9 | 30.8 | 32.4 | 26.2 | 26.8 | 29.5 | 28 |
| Growing season rainfall (mm) | 348 | 507 | 306 | 241 | 693 | 512 | 512 | 624 |
| PET (mm)b | 866 | 813 | 879 | 986 | 683 | 645 | 855 | 803 |
a
Extractable water holding capacity of soil.
b
Potential evapotranspiration.