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Further studies of water use by irrigated and unirrigated Arabica coffee in Kenya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

T. W. D. Blore
T. W. D. Blore
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Formerly at the Coffee Research Station, Ruiru, Kenya
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1. Frequent soil sampling to 10 ft. depth was carried out on irrigated and unirrigated plots and, with the assistance of rainfall data, fairly accurate measurements of water uso were obtained unless the soil was at, or near to, field capacity. Evapotranspiration could then not bo distinguished from drainage beyond the root range.

2. A previous method of relating the water uso of unirrigated coffee to the readings of a sunken evaporation pan was shown to be reliable. The relationships between the water use of unirrigated coffee and meteorological factors (Penman's Eo, sunken pan evaporation or solar radiation) were shown to be dependent on soil-moisturo deficit, and on this basis a more precise method of predicting water use from sunken pan evaporation is proposed. When this method was applied to meteorological data from earlier years, good agreement was obtained between measured and estimated quantities of water in a 10 ft. profile.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 67 , Issue 2 , October 1966 , pp. 145 - 154
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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