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. 2020 Sep 2;11:558855. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.558855

Table 2.

Weather variables (mean values ± standard deviation; n = 30) of the study locations across different years and sowing dates.

Weather parameters Location 2013 2014
ES CS ES CS
Cumulated rainfall (mm) 30 das En Crambade 88c ± 3 101a ± 4 64 ± 3 34a ± 2
Mondonville 66a ± 2 125c ± 5 NT 46b ± 2
Rivières 81b ± 3 112b ± 4 48 ± 2 77c ± 4
Overall significance level
Location NS
Sowing date NS
Year **
Location x sowing date NS
Location x year NS
Sowing date x year NS
Location x sowing date x year NS
Weather variables Location 2013 2014
ES CS ES CS
Temperature (°C) 30 days at the average sowing depth En Crambade 11a ± 3 16b ± 2 13 ± 2 17b ± 1
Mondonville 12a ± 3 16b ± 2 NT 15a ± 2
Rivières 12a ± 3 13a ± 2 12 ± 2 15a ± 2
Overall significance level
Location **
Sowing date ***
Year ***
Location x sowing date ***
Location x year **
Sowing date x year NS
Location x sowing date x year NS

Means followed by the same letter are not significantly different at p < 0.05; ***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01.

ES, early sowing; CS, conventional sowing; NT, not tested; NS, not significant; das, days after sowing.