Advances in Tea Agronomy
Cambridge University Press, 2/28/2018
EAN 9781107095816, ISBN10: 1107095816
Hardcover, 456 pages, 25.3 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm
Language: English
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 and rich experience in diverse crops, Mike Carr is eminently qualified to indulge in an intelligent discourse on tea agronomy. In addition to a comprehensive review of the principal tea growing regions worldwide in terms of structure, productivity and principal constraints, he has attempted to question and seeks to find the associated experimental evidence needed to support current and future crop management practices. The book will assist all those involved in the tea industry to become creative thinkers and to question accepted practices. International in content, it will appeal to practitioners and students from tea growing countries worldwide.
Foreword V. S. Sharma
Preface
it all depends
Acknowledgements
1. Karibuni! Welcome to you all
2. The world of tea
a geriatric problem
3. A changing climate
stay cool!
4. Taxonomic delight
only plant the best!
5. The well-bred tea bush
developing high-yielding clones R. H. V Corley and G. K. Tuwei
6. Planting and replanting
who ever said this was simple?
7. Understanding the growth processes
creating a framework
8. Roots exposed
life underground
9. We are only growing leaves
source or sink?
10. Plucks shoots, and leaves
looking after the children
11. Machine-assisted harvesting
the need of the hour M. K. V. Carr and C. J. Flowers
12. Hidden hunger and intelligent guesswork
we can only build on what has gone before
13. Pores for thought
gaseous exchange
14. More pores for thought
the answer lies in the soil
15. Water productivity
more crop per drop
16. A shady business
teas need trees
17. A nice cup of tea
is it made in the field or in the factory?
18. Fair trade? Smallholders are beautiful
19. The agronomist's report
a synthesis
20. Support services
how sustainable is sustainability?
Glossary
References
Further reading
Index.