Catechins and theaflavins (TFs) contribute to quality and health benefits of tea beverages. Catechins are converted mainly to TFs and thearubigins during fermentation. TFs form in quadratic manner reaching maximum levels then decline. It is not documented if the decline is due to...
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Research Article10.9734/ajacr/2025/v16i4369
Aims: Pruning in tea management reduces plucking heights to manageable levels, rejuvenates the plant and helps in removing diseased/dead branches. However, it leads to loss of crop and black quality decline in the pruning year. Despite the recorded benefits and challenges, influe...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2025/v12i4420
African leafy vegetables are important sources of dietary nutrients, including amino acids, but agronomic factors can influence their nutritional composition. Such nutrients include amino acids (AAs), which play important roles in human health, and some of their by-products are i...
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Research Article10.9734/ajacr/2026/v17i4426
Robert O. Ombori, P. Okinda Owuor, Bowa O. Kwach, David M. Kamau, Wilson Dufitumukiza & Solomon W. Msomba·Asian Soil Research Journal·2025
Depletion of nutrients are high in Eastern Africa tea soil due to high rainfall causing surface run-off and leaching, together with removal with crop. Nutrients Replenishment of nutrients by applying fertilizer is therefore necessary. However, nitrogen fertilizers may cause micro...
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Research Article10.9734/asrj/2025/v9i4212
Robert O. Ombori, P. Okinda Owuor, Bowa O. Kwach, David M. Kamau, Wilson Dufitumukiza & Solomon W. Msomba·Asian Soil Research Journal·2025
Tea production requires high rainfall areas that cause nutrients depletion through surface run-off, leaching, and removal with crop. This makes application of fertilisers mandatory to replenish the nutrients. However, such applications could cause soil nutrients imbalance. Harves...
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Research Article10.9734/asrj/2025/v9i4215
Robert O. Ombori, P. Okinda Owuor, Bowa O. Kwach, David M. Kamau, Wilson Dufitumukiza & Solomon W. Msomba·Asian Soil Research Journal·2025
Eastern Africa tea grows in high rainfall areas where nutrients depletion through leaching, surface run-off in addition to removal with crop can be high. Nutrients replenishment through fertilizer applications is therefore necessary. The recommended fertilizer application rates a...
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Research Article10.9734/asrj/2025/v9i4210
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a staple food worldwide. New Rice for Africa (NERICA), an inter-specific high yielding upland rice variety, was developed to in part address food insecurity in Africa. Consumers prefer aromatic rice cultivars due to characteristics that are attributed to...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2025/v12i4425