Tea Field Crop Management

ISBN-13: 9786208171896 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 280 str.

Md. Iqbal Hossain

Opis

This book presents a comprehensive guide to tea field crop management, detailing the historical, ecological, and agronomic aspects of tea cultivation, as well as addressing pest and disease control, weed management, disaster preparedness, and critical agricultural practices such as pruning, harvesting, and fertilization. A detailed account of the insect pest spectrum along with pest forecasting and monitoring strategies, the causes of pest outbreaks, methods for controlling pests is discussed. The diseases afflicting tea plants, including leaf, stem and root diseases. Weed management in tea plantations is explained. Details of disaster management in tea plantation, particularly focusing on drought, excessive rainfall, windstorms, and lightning strikes. Discussion on pruning with various types, cycles, and good practices to enhance productivity and plant health. Focused on harvesting techniques. It emphasizes the importance of tipping, plucking, and maintaining foliage, highlighting factors that influence shoot growth, plucking standards and details explores of plant nutrients and fertilization. This book will serve as a vital resource for both novice and experienced tea planters.