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Table 2 Model validation for the beginning of different phenological developmental stages of maize, specified as day of year

From: Abundance of adverse environmental conditions during critical stages of crop production in Northern Germany

	Sowing		Emergence		Tasselling		Flowering		Maturity
	R ²	RMSE	R ²	RMSE	R ²	RMSE	R ²	RMSE	R ²	RMSE
DH	0.80	2.54	0.80	3.02	0.40	13.96	0.57	6.08	0.90	14.86
UE	1.00	0.25	0.56	3.42	0.17	17.78	0.38	8.43	0.87	21.95
FL	0.80	2.31	0.39	5.18	0.46	7.18	0.60	4.14	0.61	11.96
OS	1.00	0.29	0.57	5.84	0.18	10.92	0.84	11.77	0.45	17.37

Goodness of model fit is provided as the coefficient of determination (R²) and root mean square error (RMSE)

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