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Advances in tea agronomy /
Tea is big business. After water, tea is believed to be the most widely consumed beverage in the world. And yet, as productivity increases, the real price of tea declines while labour costs continue to rise. Tea remains a labour intensive industry. With a distinguished career spanning over 50 years...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Cambridge University Press,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Karibuni! Welcome to you all
- The world of tea: a geriatric problem
- A changing climate: stay cool!
- Taxonomic delight: only plant the best!
- The well-bread tea bush: developing high-yielding clones / R.H.V. Corley and G.K. Tuwei
- Planting and replanting: who ever said this was simple?
- Understanding the growth processes: creating a framework
- Roots exposed: life underground
- We are only growing leaves: source or sink?
- Plucks shoots, and leaves: looking after the children
- Machine-assisted harvesting: the need of the hour / M.K.V. Carr and C.J. Flowers
- Hidden hunger and intelligent guesswork: we can only build on what has gone before
- Pores for thought: gaseous exchange
- More pores for thought: the answer lies in the soil
- Water productivity: more crop per drop
- A shady business: teas need trees
- A nice cup of tea: is it made in the field or in the factory?
- Fair trade? Smallholders are beautiful
- The agronomist's report: a synthesis
- Support services: how sustainable is sustainability?