Table 1 Location, date of sowing, soil type, plant available water holding capacity (PAWC), row spacing, starting profile water, pre-flowering rain and irrigation in 11 sowings.

From: Accounting for soil moisture improves prediction of flowering time in chickpea and wheat

Location

Sowing

date

Soil

(APSoil no)

PAWC

Row

spacing

Starting  watera

Pre -flowering rainb

Irrigation

   

mm

cm

%

mm

mm

Kingaroy

22-May-14

Ferrosol (107)

109

50

12

38

120

Kingaroy

12-Jun-14

Ferrosol (107)

109

50

12

77

80

Kingaroy

3-Jul-14

Ferrosol (107)

109

50

12

88

40

Kingaroy

23-Apr-15

Ferrosol (107)

109

90

7

71

50

Jondaryan

24-Apr-15

Vertisol (523-Generic)

136

90

7

115

0

Warwick

27-Apr-15

Brown Vertosol (33)

109

76

12

100

0

Kingaroy

4-Apr-16

Ferrosol (107)

109

90

32

9

30

Jondaryan

17-Apr-16

Vertisol (622-YP)

257

90

23

83

0

Kingaroy

12-Jun-17

Ferrosol (107)

109

90

23

77

25

Jondaryan

17-Jun-17

Vertisol (30)

244

90

17

54

60

Warwick

26-Jun-17

Brown Vertosol (33)

109

76

32

22

0

  1. aStarting water was initialised in the model on 1st Nov of the previous year. bSowing to pre-flowering rainfall. APSoil data are available from the google map at http://apsrunet.apsim.info/.