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Shade and Fertilizer Affects Yield and Quality in a Clonal Plantation of Yaupon Holly
Jeffrey Adelberg, Cory Tanner, Rabia El-hawaz & Nishanth Tharayil
Yaupon holly (Ilex vomitoria Ait.) is the only
native American source of caffeinated tea and the
small amounts of tea product that is available is
currently wild-collected from diverse
populations. A clonal field plantation of yaupon
was grown under shading and fertilizer
treatments and harvested three times in one
season to observe changes in yield and
phytochemistry. The June and September
harvest produced more mass than the July
harvest for all treatments. Shading and fertility...