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Table 2 Agro-climatic description of the six experimental sites used in the study

From: Genotype by environment effects on promiscuous nodulation in soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill)

Sites

Latitude

Longitude

Elevation (masl)

Mean rainfall (mm)

Temperature(°C)

Soil type

Min

Max

(MUARIK) Kabanyolo

0.45

32.61

1300

1255

21.9

28.1

Ferralitic soils

Mubuku (Kasese)

0.18

30.0833

930

1200

18

31

Peaty, sands and clays

Kamwenge

0.18

30.45

1300

1300

20

25

Ferralsols, acrisols, nitosols

Nakabango (Jinja)

0.42

33.20

1178

1400

15

26

Crystalline basic

Iki Iki (Budaka)

1.09

34.00

1156

1200

15

28

Sandy

Ngetta (Lira)

53.69

22.93

1300

1483

19

29

Sandy loam

  1. masl meters above sea level