Evaluation of Genotype Diversity in Oat Germplasm and Definition of Ideotypes Adapted to the Mediterranean Environment

Table 1

Monthly maximum and minimum temperatures, total rainfall, and growing degree days (GDD) accumulation at Foggia during 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 growing seasons with the long-term (52-year) average.

	Maximum temperature			Minimum temperature			Rainfall			GDD
	2008-09	2009-10	52-year average	2008-09	2009-10	52-year average	2008-09	2009-10	52-year average	2008-09	2009-10
	°C						mm			°Cd
November	16.2	16.5	17.1	7.1	6.9	7.3	63.0	46.8	59.4	348.4	342.4
December	11.8	12.5	13.2	4.2	4.7	4.4	86.3	73.0	62.9	242.1	267.8
January	10.0	9.9	11.7	3.1	2.8	2.9	82.6	69.8	49.8	219.5	195.7
February	11.6	12.1	13.0	2.9	3.6	3.0	64.8	75.3	42.3	166.7	214.4
March	14.3	14.8	15.8	3.9	3.7	4.4	54.3	48.3	45.0	282.3	290.2
April	18.4	17.9	19.4	7.4	6.7	6.6	68.5	52.3	46.7	402.0	368.6
May	24.4	23.8	25.2	11.8	11.3	10.9	46.8	41.3	36.9	594.8	535.9
June	28.4	28.2	30.0	15.1	14.6	14.9	45.2	39.3	42.3	651.5	641.6
Mean	16.9	17.0	18.2	6.9	6.8	6.8
Sum							511.5	445.8	385.3	2907.3	2856.5