Advances in Tea Agronomy, 9781107095816
Hardcover
This book seeks to identify and evaluate research on which current commercial tea crop management practices are based. It is written for all involved in the management of tea estates and smallholdings around the world, students at agricultural colleges, and practitioners and consultants working in the tea industry.

Advances in Tea Agronomy

$295.99

  • Hardcover

    466 pages

  • Release Date

    11 January 2018

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Summary

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 reg…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781107095816
ISBN-10:1107095816
Author:M.K.V. Carr
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Imprint:Cambridge University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:466
Release Date:11 January 2018
Weight:1.09kg
Dimensions:254mm x 180mm
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Critics Review

‘An exquisite work describing the major aspects of tea planting and cultivation, written by Professor Mike Carr, a famous scholar in this field. I believe this book will be a distinguished addition to the world of tea science.’ Zong-Mao Chen, Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China ‘An exquisite work describing the major aspects of tea planting and cultivation, written by Professor Mike Carr, a famous scholar in this field. I believe this book will be a distinguished addition to the world of tea science.’ Zong-Mao Chen, Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China

About The Author

M.K.V. Carr

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.

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