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Table 1 Calibrated genetic coefficients of Girana-1 cultivar within the model

From: Modeling future climate change impacts on sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) production with best management options in Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Parameters

Definition

Genetic coefficients

P1

Thermal time from seedling emergence to the end of the juvenile phase (°C.d)

420

P2

Thermal time from the end of the juvenile stage to tassel initiation (°C.d)

102

P2O

Critical photoperiod or the longest day length (in hours)

13

P2R

Phasic development leading to panicle initiation (°C.d)

90

PANTH

Thermal time from the end of tassel initiation to anthesis (°C.d)

400.5

P3

Thermal time from to end of flag leaf expansion to anthesis (°C.d)

152.5

P4

Thermal time from anthesis to beginning grain filling (°C.d)

81.5

P5

Thermal time from beginning of grain filling to physiological maturity (°C.d)

490

PHINT

The interval in thermal time between successive leaf tip appearances (°C.d)

49

G1

Scaler for relative leaf size

10

G2

Scaler for partitioning of assimilates to the panicle (head)

4