Seasonal patterns of growing and development of Arabica coffee in Kenya
This short series will inform readers of some of the more recent research which has been undertaken at the Coffee Research Station to fill in gaps in our knowledge to fill in gaps in our knowledge about the seasonal changes that take place in the coffee tree. Wakefield wrote the following in 1933 (except for some words added in brackets): "There is a definite cycle of physiological activity in the coffee tree (in East Africa) as in all other plants, which, although quite obvious, has been overlooked and almost entirely ignored in the past cultivation and care of coffee. It is just as important to cultivate (weed, apply fertilizers) and prune at the correct time as it is to spray for thrips, (coffee berry disease) or Hemileia (leaf rust) at certain periods; untimely cultural measures are often the cause of overbearing, and may produce a tree with the biennial bearing habit, or even prevent bearing altogether over one or more seasons."
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May
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| Subjects: | COFFEA ARABICA, PERIODICIDAD, ETAPAS DE DESARROLLO DE LA PLANTA, FENOLOGIA, FISIOLOGIA, KENIA, |
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| Summary: | This short series will inform readers of some of the more recent research which has been undertaken at the Coffee Research Station to fill in gaps in our knowledge to fill in gaps in our knowledge about the seasonal changes that take place in the coffee tree. Wakefield wrote the following in 1933 (except for some words added in brackets): "There is a definite cycle of physiological activity in the coffee tree (in East Africa) as in all other plants, which, although quite obvious, has been overlooked and almost entirely ignored in the past cultivation and care of coffee. It is just as important to cultivate (weed, apply fertilizers) and prune at the correct time as it is to spray for thrips, (coffee berry disease) or Hemileia (leaf rust) at certain periods; untimely cultural measures are often the cause of overbearing, and may produce a tree with the biennial bearing habit, or even prevent bearing altogether over one or more seasons." |
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