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Fig. 1. (a) Daily mean soil temperatures at the 0.05-m depth as a function of day of the year for year 2000 and (b) time between planting and initial emergence for the various hybrid (8195 and 9198) and seed coating (A, light; B, heavy; and UN, uncoated) combinations used. The numbers in parentheses are the number of days between planting and initial emergence. Initial emergence is the time at which emergence was first noted for a particular hybrid x coating combination.