Table 1: Information of Tylosema fassoglense seed lots showing seed source, seed collection months (grey cells) and the average monthly precipitation (mm), maximum, mean and minimum temperatures (T) for the collection sites (Source: Kenya Met. Dept. Satellite Data).
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Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
Busia |
Max T ̊C |
28.86 |
28.82 |
28.84 |
28.32 |
27.80 |
27.32 |
27.04 |
27.12 |
27.49 |
28.06 |
28.08 |
28.06 |
|
Min T ̊C |
17.03 |
17.29 |
17.31 |
16.78 |
16.27 |
15.79 |
15.49 |
15.57 |
15.94 |
16.52 |
16.44 |
16.51 |
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|
Mean T ̊C |
22.80 |
23.05 |
23.08 |
22.55 |
22.03 |
21.55 |
21.26 |
21.34 |
21.71 |
22.29 |
22.26 |
22.28 |
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|
Prec (mm) |
52.71 |
79.33 |
136.64 |
231.43 |
212.71 |
104.11 |
79.53 |
111.92 |
115.86 |
135.44 |
147.95 |
88.44 |
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|
Migori |
Max T ̊C |
27.67 |
27.90 |
27.91 |
27.40 |
26.89 |
26.42 |
25.94 |
26.13 |
26.71 |
27.28 |
27.15 |
27.07 |
|
Min T ̊C |
16.53 |
16.76 |
16.78 |
16.26 |
15.75 |
15.29 |
14.96 |
15.14 |
15.73 |
16.30 |
16.16 |
16.08 |
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|
Mean T ̊C |
22.10 |
22.33 |
22.34 |
21.83 |
21.32 |
20.86 |
20.45 |
20.64 |
21.22 |
21.79 |
21.65 |
21.58 |
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|
Prec (mm) |
61.69 |
81.86 |
139.13 |
208.84 |
162.69 |
71.48 |
48.36 |
61.61 |
82.50 |
108.04 |
150.61 |
99.04 |
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|
Siaya |
Max T ̊C |
28.32 |
28.57 |
28.54 |
28.03 |
27.50 |
27.01 |
26.73 |
26.84 |
27.28 |
27.93 |
27.88 |
27.86 |
|
Min T ̊C |
17.39 |
17.64 |
17.60 |
17.09 |
15.57 |
16.08 |
15.85 |
15.96 |
16.40 |
17.05 |
17.00 |
16.98 |
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|
Mean T ̊C |
22.85 |
23.10 |
23.07 |
22.56 |
22.03 |
21.55 |
21.29 |
21.40 |
21.84 |
22.49 |
22.44 |
22.42 |
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|
Prec (mm) |
46.30 |
72.73 |
128.97 |
207.53 |
173.45 |
78.65 |
62.95 |
84.44 |
90.08 |
96.46 |
125.03 |
93.02 |