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Calculating the Weight of Young Coffee Trees from Non-Destructive Observations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

T. M. Wormer  and
D. Ngugi
T. M. Wormer
Affiliation:
Coffee Research Station, Ruiru, Kenya
D. Ngugi
Affiliation:
Coffee Research Station, Ruiru, Kenya
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Summary

The weights of the branches, stems and roots of two or three year old arabica coffee trees were compared with the diameters of the stumps or stems and with the heights of the trees. No formula could be derived, relating the weight of the plants to one or more non-destructive observations, which was valid for all three treatments to which the trees had been subjected, i.e. stripped of crop when two years old, cropping when two years old, and bearing a crop when three years old. Bearing a crop when two years old resulted in thin, light stems and a poor root system.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , January 1968 , pp. 29 - 40
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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