Effects of Soil Moisture and Vapour Pressure Deficits on Shoot Growth and the Yield of Tea in the Kenya Highlands
- 1 July 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Experimental Agriculture
- Vol. 29 (3), 341-350
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0014479700020901
Abstract
SUMMARY: Prolonged moisture stress and high vapour pressure deficits reduced the shoot water potential, shoot population density, rate of shoot extension and yield of clonal tea. The more drought susceptible Clone 6/8 had a lower shoot water potential, rate of shoot extension, number of shoots per unit area, rate of shoot regeneration and yield than the more tolerant Clones 31/8, 57/15 and 15/10 during the periods of low soil moisture, which coincided with high vapour pressure deficits. The changes in the shoot growth components could be used as an index of the suitability of different clones for different regimes of soil moisture and vapour pressure deficits.Factores ambientales que afectan el rendimiento del téKeywords
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