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Supplementary Irrigation of Young Clonal Tea in Kenya. I. Survival, Growth and Yield

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

C. O. Othieno
C. O. Othieno
Affiliation:
Tea Research Institute of East Africa, PO Box 91, Kericho, Kenya
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Summary

An experiment designed to study differences in water requirements between some clones of tea suggests that clones which showed visual symptoms of being more susceptible to drought had a greater demand for water. Supplementary irrigation applied during the dry seasons prevented plants from dying and stimulated better early growth of clones tested. As a result of better early growth, the irrigated tea gave persistently and significantly larger yields than non-irrigated tea in the first 2 years of recording.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , July 1978 , pp. 229 - 238
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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