Quantifying the contribution of land use to N2O, NO and CO2 fluxes in a montane forest ecosystem of Kenya
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DOI: 10.1007/s10533-017-0348-3
Abstract: Increasing demand for food and fibre by the growing human population is driving significant land use (LU) change from forest into intensively managed land systems in tropical areas. But empirical evidence on the extent to… read more here.
Keywords: tea plantations; land; co2; soil ... See more keywords
Potassium Availability in Tea Plantations of Different Ages Grown on Alfisols: Content, Dynamics, Release, and Composition of Potassium-Bearing Minerals
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DOI: 10.1007/s42729-021-00437-9
Abstract: Potassium (K) deficiency is widespread in Alfisols on which tea is grown, and quantifying the availability of K to the tea plants is important in designing fertilizer regimes and in ensuring that tea production systems… read more here.
Keywords: availability tea; potassium; tea plantations; bearing minerals ... See more keywords
Dynamics of soil organic carbon mineralization in tea plantations converted from farmland at Western Sichuan, China
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185271
Abstract: Climate warming and land use change are some of the drivers affecting soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics. The Grain for Green Project, local natural resources, and geographical conditions have resulted in farmland conversion into tea… read more here.
Keywords: tea plantations; farmland; soc mineralization; carbon ... See more keywords
Native Shade Trees Aid Bird Conservation in Tea Plantations in Southern India
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DOI: 10.18520/cs/v121/i2/294-305
Abstract: In the Western Ghats, India, we study how different intensities of tea cultivation influence birds. We com-pared bird communities in conventional monoculture tea and mixed-shade tea plantations, both of which use agrochemicals, with organic tea… read more here.
Keywords: tea plantations; tea; native shade; bird ... See more keywords
Acaricide susceptibility of Oligonychus coffeae Nietner (Acari: Tetranychidae) with corresponding changes in detoxifying enzyme levels from tea plantations of sub-Himalayan Terai, India
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DOI: 10.24349/acarologia/20174175
Abstract: Oligonychus coffeae Nietner is cosmopolitan in its distribution and is an important pest of a number of economically important tropical and sub-tropical crops including tea. It is the most damaging acarine pest of tea crops… read more here.
Keywords: tea plantations; coffeae nietner; tolerance; oligonychus coffeae ... See more keywords
Effects of pruning on mineral nutrients and untargeted metabolites in fresh leaves of Camellia sinensis cv. Shuixian
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DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1016511
Abstract: Pruning is an important strategy for increasing tea production. However, the effects of pruning on tea quality are not well understood. In this study, tea leaves were collected from Wuyi Mountain for both ionomic and… read more here.
Keywords: effects pruning; tea leaves; quality; tea plantations ... See more keywords
Influence of Nitrogen Fertilizer Application on Soil Acidification Characteristics of Tea Plantations in Karst Areas of Southwest China
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DOI: 10.3390/agriculture13040849
Abstract: Nitrogen (N) fertilizer application is one of the causes of soil acidification at tea plantations. However, the effect of N fertilizer application on the soil acidification characteristics of tea plantations with different acidities remains unclear.… read more here.
Keywords: application; tea plantations; acidification; fertilizer application ... See more keywords