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Visual Scoring of Starch in Coffea Arabica L. I. Methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 April 2017

T. M. Wormer
Affiliation:
Coffee Research Station, Ruiru, Kenya
H. E. Ebagole
Affiliation:
Coffee Research Station, Ruiru, Kenya

Summary

A method is described whereby starch level in wood of Coffea arabica L. was estimated by means of visual scoring. The correlation between the amount of starch thus found and the quantity established by chemical analysis proved to be + 0.925, +0.932 and 0.819 in young, semimature and mature wood respectively. No satisfactory way was found for making a similar estimate of the amount of starch in the leaves.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1965

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