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On the Use of Stigter's Ratio in Expressing the Thermal Efficiency of Grass Mulches

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

C. O. Othieno ,
C. J. Stigter  and
A. R. Mwampaja
C. O. Othieno
Affiliation:
Tea Research Foundation of Kenya, Kericho, Kenya
C. J. Stigter
Affiliation:
Section Agricultural Physics, Physics Department, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
A. R. Mwampaja
Affiliation:
Section Agricultural Physics, Physics Department, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Summary

Data from mulched tea show that an earlier defined ratio of temperature fluctuations in thermally homogeneous soil can be successfully used in rating the thermal efficiency of artificial grass mulches. The efficiency of a natural mulch of growing grass is also determined for comparison. It is demonstrated that the use of the ratio is more precise than using average temperatures in assessing the effects of the mulches.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , April 1985 , pp. 169 - 174
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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