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In an experiment comparing the response of four varieties of arabica coffee seedlings to differing water regimes, significant varietal differences in growth and relative turgidity were found. Bugisu Local, a variety of arabica grown in the Mount Elgon area of Uganda, which had the greater growth rate also had the lowest relative turgidity.
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Dancer, J. The response of seedling-arabica coffee to moisture deficits. Euphytica 12, 294–298 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00027465
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00027465