Is Strip Cropping an Effective Way for Maize Biofortyfication?

Table 1

Rainfall and air temperature in months IV–IX as compared to the long-term means (1971–2005), according to the Meteorological Station in Zamość.

Years	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	Sum/mean IV–IX
Rainfall (mm), p
2008	71.5	74.8	48.9	104.6	69.7	80.4	449.9
2009	15.5	102.6	124.4	24.2	48.9	34.5	350.1
2010	30.7	106.7	62.9	143.5	86.1	25.4	455.3
Means for 1971–2005	44.1	65.5	78.9	98.4	54.3	52.2	393.5
Temperature (°C), T
2008	10.7	15.5	19.4	20.2	20.6	19.7	3031
2009	11.3	13.8	20.2	20.0	20.1	16.9	3122
2010	11.0	15.1	18.4	21.5	20.2	16.6	3141
Means for 1971–2005	7.9	14.1	16.8	18.4	17.8	12.9	2690
Selyaninov’s coefficient, k
2008	2.23	1.56	0.84	1.67	1.09	1.36	1.48
2009	0.46	2.40	2.05	0.39	0.78	0.68	1.12
2010	0.93	2.31	1.14	2.15	1.37	0.51	1.45
Means for 1971–2005	1.86	1.50	1.57	1.73	0.98	1.35	1.46

k, Selyaninov’s coefficient .