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Split application of nitrogen fertilizer rates in two tea cultivars grown in the Eastern and Western highlands of Kenya: I. Confirmatory results on yield effects.
(Tea Research Foundation of Kenya, 2000)
Two experiments were conducted in Kericho and Kangaita, Kenya during 19991-98 to investigate the effects of nitrogen fertilizer rates (50, 100, 200, 400 and 800 kg/ha) and frequencies of application (1, 2 and 4 split ...
Factors impeding tea production in smallholder sub-sector of the Kenya tea industry: an assessment extension staff awareness of existing technologies.
(Tea Research Foundation of Kenya, 2000)
This study assessed the level of extension staff in the various technological packages when compared to the agronomic research recommendations. The survey covered 76 extension staff in Kirinyaga, Nyambene, Nandi and Nyamira ...
Chlorophyll meter use on field grown tea: 1. The optimum leaf age and measuring positions on a leaf blade.
(Tea Research Foundation of Kenya, 2000)
In a field experiment conducted in Kenya, a Hydro N-tester chlorophyll meter was used to determine the optimum age and reading position for the measurement of chlorophyll in leaves of tea (clone 6/8). Meter readings were ...
Quality response of clonal black tea to nitrogen fertiliser, plucking interval and plucking standard
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2000)
Variations in the black tea quality of high‐yielding clone S15/10 in response to rates of NPKS 25:5:5:5 fertiliser of 200 and 400 kg N ha−1 year−1, plucking intervals of 7, 14 and 21 days and a selective plucking standard ...