Environmental Factors Affecting the Yield of Tea (Camellia sinensis). I. Effects of Air Temperature
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Experimental Agriculture
- Vol. 18 (1), 47-52
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0014479700013417
Abstract
The response of tea shoots to temperature was studied in the field and in controlled environments. Shoot extension stopped below about 12.5°C. Shoots of mature tea took 491 day degrees above the base temperature of 12.8°C to grow to a harvestable size of 15 cm.Keywords
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