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Table 1 Crop plants grown in Uelzen with dates for harvesting and starting time of maturity

From: Will climate change increase irrigation requirements in agriculture of Central Europe? A simulation study for Northern Germany

Crop

Share of agricultural area (%)

Harvest time (day in year)

Start time of maturity (day in year)

Spring barley

9

219

198

Triticale

4

219

198

Winter barley

12

198

177

Winter rye

5

219

198

Winter wheat

14

219

198

Winter rapeseed

4

183

162

Winter rapeseed with organic fertilisation

208

187

Silage maize

5

261

240

Potato

22

265

244

Sugar beet

15

290

269

  1. Information courtesy of N. Svoboda, Leibnitz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, Germany.