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Scientific Perspectives of Tea Plant Horticulture and Productivity

  • 1st Edition - October 31, 2021
  • Latest edition
  • Author: L. Manivel
  • Language: English

Scientific Perspectives of Tea Plant Horticulture and Productivity is a complete, step-by-step guide on how to maximize tea plant growth, yield and quality. Chapters focus on… Read more

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Description

Scientific Perspectives of Tea Plant Horticulture and Productivity is a complete, step-by-step guide on how to maximize tea plant growth, yield and quality. Chapters focus on the methods of cultivation, soil and water management, plant physiology, plant protection and weed control, problems from pollution and climate change, and eco-friendly remedial actions. This is an essential read for plant biologists and tea horticulturalists as the tea industry is struggling due to high production costs, changing climates and diminishing plant yields, with countries in Asia declaring the industry at ‘crisis point.’

Horticulturalists need solutions to problems with plant productivity, quality, stress management and eco-friendly cultivation practices. There have been several technological advances in the field and horticulturalists need guidance on how best to implement new technologies, hence the importance of this new resource.

Key features

  • Written by a tea industry expert with almost 40 years’ of experience
  • Provides a practical guide on all aspects of tea cultivation, with step-by-step protocols
  • Includes plantation troubleshooting and other remedial actions

Readership

Plant horticulturalists, plant biology researchers

Table of contents

Tea: Camellia sinensis (L.)O. Kuntze) (Theaceae)

Chapter 1.

 Botany Origin and Spread of Tea Cultivars

Chapter 2.

Method of Cultivation: Propagation, Multiplication of tea :

Tea propagation, seeds, vegetative propagation, Grafting, Orchards & tea nursery:

Chapter 3.

 Management of young tea plantation in field:

Ideal conditions for growing tea plant -soil/plant/cultivar

Land: terrain and climate for growth and productivity

Soil nutrition for young tea-Organic and inroganic

Management of young tea : Training , Pruning, harvesting; Post planting care , shade, mulching , cover crop, plant protection care nutrition

Mature Tea :

Chapter 4.

 Soil, water & shade management

Chapter 5.

Pruning on productivity

Normal pruning

Rejuvenation pruning

Chapter 6. Physiology of Tea Plant :

Cultivar with varying Harvest Index/rootstock

Carbon Metabolism

Source Sink relationship

Apical dominance

Flushing behaviour

Winter dormancy

Wind, Hail, flood management

Stress management

Interacting factors

Secondary Metabolites

Chapter 7.

 　 Mineral Nutrition in tea

Essential Nutrients

Macronutrients

Secondary nutrients

Micronutrients

Importance of each nutrient

Key symptoms of deficiency of important elements

Palliative measuresChapter 8.0. 　 Plant protection including weed control in tea Plantations

Principal causes for pests and diseases

Principal pests and diseases of north and South India

Important pests of North east and South India

Integrative measures suggested for the important pest and diseases

Chapter 9. Tea Processing and Quality Improvement

Introduction

Types of teas

Cell Constituents

Black Tea Processing

Withering

Shredding

Cutting/ rolling

Fermentation

Drying, sorting and grading

Value Addition

Chapter 10.

 Pollution of water, air and toxic chemical elements

Chapter 11.

 Current Problems and Remedial Measures required in tea Plantations.

Chapter 12. Priority areas of Research for the pre eminent position of Indian Plantations

12.1 Impoprtance of the constituents, Strengthening and handling for Sustainable Productivity and Cost effective Management

12.2 Tail End crop and Stress Management Practices for Assam tea: Prophylactic and ameliorative measures, crop regulation

12.3 Measures/Packages Nuwareliya(Uva) Rerecommended, for Improving the crop of Quality sesasons like second Flush /Autumn flush Regions: AsAssam, Darjeeling, Nuwareliya(Uva)

Chapter 13. References

Chapter14 List of Ilustrations

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 4, 2021
  • Language: English

About the author

LM

L. Manivel

With over 40 years’ experience, Dr L. Manivel is a renowned expert in the tea industry. Dr Manivel began his career in academia as an assistant lecturer at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India, in 1967. In 1969 he began work as an assistant horticulturalist at the University of California, Davis, USA. Dr Manivel made the move to industry in 1989 by joining the Tocklaid Tea Research Association and UPASI Tea Research Institute, India, as a horticultural researcher. He served as a scientific consultant in tea, principally in India and Sri Lanka, over the last 20 years and has focused on diagnosing growth problems in the field and advising on cost-effective remedial measures. Dr Manivel published extensively in the 1990s (which is why despite his extensive academic background, he does not have a current h-index) and now has his own horticultural consultancy.
Affiliations and expertise
Former Plant Physiologist, Tocklai Tea Research Institute and UPASI Tea Research Foundation, India

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