Fig. 8

Simulating the SW (top) and FB (bottom) change from a low (L) density to a high (H) density treatment for all mixture field plots and the growth prediction step \({28}\,\hbox {DAS}\) to \({54}\,\hbox {DAS}\). While filled bars represent the comparative prediction under the original treatment, hashed bars represent the simulated treatment change. Black lines symbolize the standard deviation across treatment replicates; red dots symbolize the outcome of the process-based crop growth model for the resp. treatments and \({54}\,\hbox {DAS}\)