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+Over the course of the growing season, plots were regularly inspected and phenology was determined visually according to the extended BBCH scale (Sosa-Zúñiga et al. 2017)
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+Reference
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+Sosa-Zuniga, V.; Brito, V.; Fuentes, F.; Steinfort, U. Phenological growth stages of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) based on the BBCH scale. Ann Appl Biol 2017, 171, 117-124. DOI: 10.1111/aab.12358
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