Research Article

Effect of Soil Moisture Deficit Stress on Biomass Accumulation of Four Coffee (Coffea arabica) Varieties in Zimbabwe

Table 4

Percentage changes in shoot biomass after 21 and 28 days of stressing and recovery.

Shoots21 days28 days21 + 14 days28 + 14 days
varietyFreshDryFreshDryFreshDryFreshDry

SL28−21.917.0−33.117.046.514.943.74.3
Cat129−5.77.8−57.46.015.213.7102.146.0
Cat128−25.020.8−15.623.665.611.316.20.0
CR950.032.5−48.733.3−9.5−7.217.3−4.8