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The Banjhi (Dormancy) Cycle in Tea (camellia sinensis)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

T. W. Tanton
T. W. Tanton
Affiliation:
Tea Research Foundation of Central Africa, P.O. Box 51, Mulanje, Malawi†
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Summary

The ‘banjhi’ or dormancy cycle in free-growing tea trees appears to be the result of an endogenous rhythm. However, in harvested tea apical dominance causes dormant shoots to be produced under conditions favourable to growth, and the synchronized flushing cycle causes periods of apical shoot (active terminal bud) and secondary shoot (dormant terminal bud) production.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , April 1981 , pp. 149 - 156
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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