Table 1 Experiment characteristics, including sowing and harvest dates, trial duration (in days and in degree days (°Cd) after sowing), environmental conditions and plant characteristics at harvest

1

E1H1

06/05/2015

15/06/2015

52 ⁽⁴⁶⁾

^[36–68]

15^{(21) [15–16]}

0.85^(0.85)

^{[0.73–0.92]}

97⁽⁹⁵⁾

^[70–117]

E1H2

29/06/2015

166⁽¹⁴⁹⁾

^[101–212]

17⁽²²⁾

^[16–18]

1.12^(0.96)

^{[0.71–1.37]}

282⁽²⁵⁷⁾

^[211–337]

E1H3

13/07/2015

306⁽³¹⁸⁾

^[209–380]

39⁽⁴³⁾

^[37–43]

3.03^(3.85)

^{[1.86–3.89]}

615⁽⁷⁰⁵⁾

^[400–780]

E1H4

28/07/2015

430⁽⁴²⁷⁾

^[326–503]

58⁽⁶⁰⁾

^[50–62]

7.3^(7.22)

^{[4.90–9.44]}

1240⁽¹²⁰⁵⁾

^[829–1532]

E1H5

12/08/2015

316⁽²⁹¹⁾

^[166–454]

>70^(>70)

^[>70]

10.2⁽¹⁰⁾

^{[5.28–13.88]}

1801⁽¹⁷⁶¹⁾

^[916–2346]

E1H6

18/08/2015

286⁽²¹⁹⁾

^[207–364]

> 70^(> 70)

^[> 70]

13.5⁽¹¹⁾

^{[10.88–16.14]}

2486⁽²⁰⁰⁵⁾

^{[1960–3117]}

2

E2H1

16/06/2015

25/08/2015

335⁽²⁴⁹⁾

^[249–471]

46⁽⁴⁵⁾

^[39–52]

4.00^(2.86)

^{[2.86–5.98]}

992⁽⁷⁵¹⁾

^[699–1321]

3

E3H1

14/07/2015

10/09/2015

254⁽³³⁵⁾

^[185–335]

42⁽⁴⁵⁾

^[39–44]

3.00^(3.8)

^{[1.66–3.80]}

797⁽¹⁰⁵⁶⁾

^[529–1056]