Six emergence dates were considered in the simulations:
08/20, 09/20, 10/20, 11/20, 12/20 and 01/20. This wide range
of emergence dates were selected to have plants developing
before, during, and after the currently recommended sowing
period for rice in this location, which is from 10/01 to 12/10
(SOSBAI, 2010). The LAR calculations started at the above
emergence dates and ended at the day when the flag leaf
emerged, which was defined by the main stem final leaf
number (FLN). The FLN depended on genotype and on
emergence date, and was based on Streck et al