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INTENSITY OF HARVESTING IN TEA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2007

M. R. CHANDRA MOULI ,
J. M. ONSANDO  and
R. H. V. CORLEY
M. R. CHANDRA MOULI
Affiliation:
Tea Estates India, Valparai, S. India Current address: Reliance Industries, Ltd, No. 62/2 Richmond Rd, Bangalore – 560 027, India.
J. M. ONSANDO
Affiliation:
Unilever Tea Kenya Ltd, Kericho, Kenya Current address: Africa Harvest Biotech Foundation International, P.O. Box 642, Nairobi, Kenya.
R. H. V. CORLEY
Affiliation:
Highlands, New Road, Great Barford, Bedford MK44 3LQ, UK
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Abstract

Intensity of harvest in tea can be defined in terms of the number of leaves or axillary buds left behind after a shoot is harvested; we describe a simple method for measuring it. Application of the method in trials confirms that yield increases with more intense (harder) harvesting. Differences in intensity of harvest explain much of the variation in yield between different harvesting treatments, including semi-mechanical and mechanical harvesting methods. We recommend that measurements of intensity of harvest should be made routinely in experiments with tea.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 43 , Issue 1 , January 2007 , pp. 41 - 50
Copyright
© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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