Abstract
Abstract Die-back and rot following pruning seems to be a significant factor facilitating termite attack in tea. The recently planted high-yielding clonal tea fields have soft-wooded frames that suffer extensive die-back and rot following subsequent pruning. Increased levels of nitrogen fertilizers also seem to have accentuated die-back and rot. A large number of incipient termite colonies have been observed in the rotted stumps of shade trees. These trees therefore seem to have functioned effectively as diversionary hosts and have helped to reduce termite incidence in shaded fields. Removal of shade thus seems to have accentuated the termite problem.
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