Scientific Perspectives of Tea Plant Horticulture and Productivity
- 1st Edition - November 4, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: L. Manivel
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 4 4 4 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 6 4 8 - 2
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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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.
- 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
Plant horticulturalists, plant biology researchers
Tea: Camellia sinensis (L.)O. Kuntze) (Theaceae)
Chapter 1.
Botany Origin and Spread of Tea CultivarsChapter 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 managementChapter 5.
Pruning on productivityNormal 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 teaEssential 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 elementsChapter 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
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 4, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
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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, IndiaRead Scientific Perspectives of Tea Plant Horticulture and Productivity on ScienceDirect