Advances in Tea Agronomy

Mike Carr is Emeritus Professor of Agricultural Water Management at Cranfield University, UK. He has over 45 years of experience in the management and delivery of international research, education, training and consultancy in agriculture and natural resource management. He is the author of Advances in Irrigation Agronomy: Plantation Crops (Cambridge, 2012), Advances in Irrigation Agronomy: Fruit Crops (Cambridge, 2014) and former editor in chief of the Cambridge University Press journal Experimental Agriculture.

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.