Global tea science
Current status and future needs
Contributions by Jian-Qiang Ma, Prof. Liang Chen, Dr Xinchao Wang, Xinyuan Hao, Lu Wang, Yajun Yang, Dr Mainaak Mukhopadhaya, Dr Tapan Kumar Mondal, Dr M. A. Wijeratne, Prof. P. Okinda Owuor, Shipra Singh, Dr Anita Pandey, Lok Man S. Palni, Dr P. N. Bhattacharyya, S. R. Sarmah, Dr G. D. Sinniah, Dr Nalini C. Gnanapragasam, Dr A.K Barooah, Ting Zhang, Xiaojian Lv, Yin Xu, Lanying Xu, Tao Long, Prof. Chi-Tang Ho, Dr Shiming Li, Prof. Chung S. Yang, Dr Wenyan Han, Xin Li, Peng Yan, Liping Zhang, Golam Jalal Ahammed, Dr Thushari Lakmini Wijeratne, Dr Nikhil Ghosh Hajra, Dr Atik Dharmadi Edited by Dr VS Sharma, Dr Kumudini Gunasekare

Publication date:
20 February 2018Length of book:
558 pagesPublisher
Burleigh Dodds Science PublishingDimensions:
229x152mm6x9"
ISBN-13: 9781786761606
Tea is the most widely-consumed beverage in the world. Like other crops, tea cultivation faces a number of challenges. With the challenge of climate change and the competition for scarce resources, there is a need to make tea cultivation more efficient and sustainable. Cultivation needs also to be more resilient to biotic and abiotic stresses, whether it be pests or more extreme weather (e.g. drought) associated with global warming.
Fortunately, there is a range of research addressing these challenges. Drawing on an international range of expertise, this collection summarises this research by focusing on ways of improving the cultivation of tea at each step in the value chain, from breeding through to harvest. Part 1 reviews advances in breeding. Part 2 discusses improvements in cultivation techniques. The book then discusses plant protection and chemistry before concluding with sustainability issues.
As the need for more interdisciplinary and collaborative research increases, this collection will be a standard reference for the tea research community by summarising key research trends in each topic and putting them in the context of tea cultivation as a whole.
Fortunately, there is a range of research addressing these challenges. Drawing on an international range of expertise, this collection summarises this research by focusing on ways of improving the cultivation of tea at each step in the value chain, from breeding through to harvest. Part 1 reviews advances in breeding. Part 2 discusses improvements in cultivation techniques. The book then discusses plant protection and chemistry before concluding with sustainability issues.
As the need for more interdisciplinary and collaborative research increases, this collection will be a standard reference for the tea research community by summarising key research trends in each topic and putting them in the context of tea cultivation as a whole.
Key features
- Reviews the latest advances in understanding tea genetics and genetic diversity and how this has informed advances in conventional, marker-assisted and transgenic breeding techniques
- Summarises current best practice in cultivation techniques and the control of pests and diseases
- Focuses on assessing the environmental impact of tea cultivation