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Experiments with Nitrogen and Magnesium Fertilizers on Coffee in Uganda

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

D. Stephens
D. Stephens
Affiliation:
Kawanda Research Station, Department of Agriculture, Uganda*
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Summary

Three experiments and five small trials on robusta coffee and four small trials on arabica coffee have confirmed that nitrogen is the main nutrient requirement in Uganda. Magnesium and sulphur were not deficient and mulching had no effect on responses to nitrogen fertilizers. Leaf and soil analyses confirm the yield results and indicate that the optimum time to apply nitrogen is in February and September. There was little difference between ammonium sulphate and urea, but the former tended to have greater effects on yields.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , July 1967 , pp. 191 - 203
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

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