Browsing by Author "Nixon, D. J."

Browsing by Author "Nixon, D. J."

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  • A comparison of the responses of mature and young clonal tea to drought. 
    Nixon, D. J.; Burgess, Paul J.; Sanga, B. N. K.; Carr, M. K. V. (Cambridge University Press, 2001-01-01)
    To assist commercial producers with optimising the use of irrigation water, the responses to drought of mature and young tea crops (22 and 5 years after field planting respectively) were compared using data from two ...
  • Evaluation of simple hand-held Mechanical systems for harvesting tea (Camellia Sinensis) 
    Burgess, Paul J.; Carr, M. K. V.; Mizambwa, F. C. S.; Nixon, D. J.; Lugusi, J.; Kimambo, E. I. (Cambridge University Press, 2006-04-01)
    Over an eight-year period, harvesting methods based on simple mechanical aids (blade and shear) were evaluated against hand harvesting on mature morphologically contrasting tea clones in Southern Tanzania. The effects ...
  • A preliminary assessment of climate change impacts on sugarcane in Swaziland 
    Knox, Jerry W.; Rodriguez Diaz, J. A.; Nixon, D. J.; Mkhwanazi, M. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2010-02-01)
    The spatial and temporal impacts of climate change on irrigation water requirements and yield for sugarcane grown in Swaziland have been assessed, by combining the outputs from a general circulation model (HadCM3), a ...