Estimating Rice Yield under Changing Weather Conditions in Kenya Using CERES Rice Model

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="7"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left" rowspan="2">Variables</td><td align="center" colspan="2">Ahero</td><td align="center" colspan="2">West Kano</td><td align="center" colspan="2">Bunyala</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="center">Simulated</td><td align="center">Observed</td><td align="center">Simulated</td><td align="center">Observed</td><td align="center">Simulated</td><td align="center">Observed</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="7"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Anthesis</td><td align="center">134</td><td align="center">120</td><td align="center">110</td><td align="center">102</td><td align="center">120</td><td align="center">108</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Physiological maturity (dap)</td><td align="center">155</td><td align="center">148</td><td align="center">136</td><td align="center">135</td><td align="center">140</td><td align="center">134</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Yield at harvest maturity (t/ha)</td><td align="center">4.459</td><td align="center">5.286</td><td align="center">8.299</td><td align="center">6.916</td><td align="center">4.662</td><td align="center">4.199</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Unit grain weight at maturity (g)</td><td align="center">0.026</td><td align="center">0.027</td><td align="center">0.026</td><td align="center">0.026</td><td align="center">0.026</td><td align="center">0.027</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="7"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Main growth and development variables for IR 2793-80-1 under system of rice intensification in Ahero, West Kano, and Bunyala irrigation schemes, Kenya.

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Table 4: Estimating Rice Yield under Changing Weather Conditions in Kenya Using CERES Rice Model 