Carbon and nutrient stocks of tea plantations differing in age, genotype and plant population density

Plant and Soil

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 29-39

  Kamau, D M ^a,b   Spiertz, J H J ^b   Oenema, O ^b  

^a TEA RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF KENYA   (Kenya)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass; Clonal; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Potassium; Seedling

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GENOTYPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLANTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 43349088293     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9576-6     Document Type: Article

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