The effect of irrigation on synchronization of coffee (Coffea arabica L.) flowering and berry ripening at Chipinge, Zimbabwe

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 34, Issue 13-16, 2009, Pages 786-789

  Masarirambi, M T ^a   Chingwara, V ^b   Shongwe, V D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

^b Horticultural Research Centre   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Berry ripening; Coffee; Flowering; Irrigation levels; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

BERRY RIPENING; COFFEA ARABICA; COFFEE; FLOWERING; HARVESTING COSTS; HARVESTING PERIODS; IRRIGATION LEVEL; IRRIGATION LEVELS; MOISTURE DEPLETION; NUMBER OF CYCLES; PRODUCTION AREA; ZIMBABWE;

FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; HARVESTING; IRRIGATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SYNCHRONIZATION;

FRUITS;

COFFEE; FLOWERING; FRUIT; HARVESTING; IRRIGATION; RIPENING; SOIL MOISTURE;

COFFEE; FORESTRY; FRUITS; GROUND WATER; HARVESTING; IRRIGATION; MOISTURE; SOIL;

AFRICA; CHIPINGE; MANICALAND; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

COFFEA ARABICA;

EID: 69549116450     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2009.06.013     Document Type: Article

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