| Date | DAS | CGDD (˚C-day) | Crop Stage |
| Nov 12, 2007 | 0 | 0 | Sowing |
| Nov 20, 2007 | 8 | 73 | Emergence |
| Dec 3, 2007 | 21 | 196 | 4 leaves |
| Dec 10, 2007 | 28 | 286 | 6 leaves |
| Dec 19, 2007 | 37 | 390 | 8 Leaves |
| Jan 2, 2008 | 51 | 539 | First Square (9 nodes) |
| Jan 25, 2008 | 74 | 813 | 50% Flowering |
| Jan 29, 2008 | 78 | 864 | 100% Flowering |
| Jan 1, 2008 | 81 | 905 | Crop was fully flowered and some green bolls had developed |
| Mar 13, 2008 | 122 | 1303 | A few open bolls in plants with severe water stress |
| Apr 4, 2008 | 144 | 1480 | A few open bolls in the fully-irrigated treatment (T50%) |
| Apr 30, 2008 | 170 | 1592 | Defoliation of the T60%, T70% and T85% treatments |
| May 7, 2008 | 177 | 1605 | Defoliations of the T50% treatment |
| May 14, 2008 | 184 | 1620 | Harvest |
| DAS = days after sowing, CGDD = cumulative growing degree-days. | |||