Research Article
Estimating Rice Yield under Changing Weather Conditions in Kenya Using CERES Rice Model
Table 1
Crop management data used in the model.
| Serial/number | Simulation parameter | Mwea | Ahero | West Kano | Bunyala |
| 1 | Planting method | Nursery | Nursery | Nursery | Nursery | 2 | Cultivar | Basmati 370 | IR 2793-80-1 | IR 2793-80-1 | IR 2793-80-1 | 3 | Transplanting date | July 22, 2011 | August 18, 2011 | August 27, 2011 | August 2, 2011 | 4 | Planting distribution | Hill | Hill | Hill | Hill | 5 | Row spacing | 25 cm by 25 cm | 25 cm by 25 cm | 25 cm by 25 cm | 25 cm by 25 cm | 6 | Planting depth | 2 cm | 2 cm | 2 cm | 2 cm | 7 | Transplanting age | 8 days | 12 days | 14 days | 10 days | 8 | Plant per hill | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | Plants per m2 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 10 | Fertilizer application | | | | | 14 DAP | 125 kg ha−1 | 125 kg ha−1 | 125 kg ha−1 | 125 kg ha−1 | 34 DAP | 125 kg ha−1 | 125 kg ha−1 | 125 kg ha−1 | 125 kg ha−1 | 11 | Irrigation application (mm) | 410 mm in 16 applications | 410 in 15 applications | 360 mm in 13 applications | 2200 mm in 14 applications |
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