Table 1 Details of trials used in real data analysis

Year	Cycle	Plot Dimension	Location	Field Dimension	#Plots
2013	C1	5 × 1	Ibadan	24 × 33	736
			Ikenne	16 × 54	855
			Mokwa	8 × 116	858
2014	C1	5 × 4	Ibadan	19 × 18	293
			Ikenne	19 × 18	330
			Mokwa	19 × 18	329
	C2	5 × 1	Ikenne	10 × 46	444
			Mokwa	20 × 23	432
	PYT	10 × 1	Ibadan	8 × 26	176

Plot dimension is expressed as length × width, where length is the number of plants in a row, and width is the number of rows in a plot. Field dimension is expressed as the number of Ranges × number of Columns in a field. Finally, #Plots gives the number of plots planted.