Tea VOLUME 35 NUMBER 1 DECEMBER 2014 Tea is a journal of the Tea Research Institute. It is published twice annually, in July and December, by the Tea Research Institute (TRI), P.O. Box 820-20200 Kericho, Kenya, e-mail: Director.Tri@Kalro.org, website http://www.tearesearch.or.ke. The Tea Research Institute does not necessarily agree with, nor take responsibility for information contained in articles submitted by contributors other than the Institute’s. Not to be reproduced in part or whole without the permission of the Institute Director, Tea Research Institute. Instructions to authors are given at the last page of this issue. CONTENTS Page Newsletter Weather and tea yields .............................................................................................................................. 45 Relationship between hailstorm physical characteristics and tea losses .................................................... 47 A socio-economic assessment of the extent of hail damage on tea, West of Rift ..................................... 57 Mapping hail occurrences using geographic information system and remote sensing in tea growing areas in Kenya……………………………………………………………………………………………………69 Some effects of hail on the physiology of the tea plant – preliminary results ........................................... 79 Effects of hailstones on plant health (pests ) of tea .................................................................................... 86 Instructions to authors for ‘Tea’ journal .................................................................................................... 94