Scientific Perspectives of Tea Plant Horticulture and Productivity

1st Edition - October 31, 2021

Author: L. Manivel

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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… 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.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Foreword
Preface
Chapter One. Botany origin and spread of tea cultivars
1.1. Characteristics of the species (a list of Assam, Cambod, and Chinary tea bushes TV3, TV 7, TV 9, AV2, and P126)
1.2. Germ plasm preservation of tea
1.3. Statistics
1.4. Excerpts of J. Thomas statistics, Kolkatta 2019 report, and UPASI Coonoor, planters Chronicle, August 2020
1.5. Impact of pandemic on Indian tea
Chapter TWO. Method of cultivation: propagation and multiplication of tea
2.1. Propagation methods
2.2. Raising plants from seeds
2.3. Grafting
2.4. Maintenance of Seed Orchards (Biclonal seed baris)
2.5. Organic cultivation/natural farming of tea seed Orchards: Guidelines
Chapter THREE. Management of young tea plantation in field
3.1. Tea plant requirements
3.2. Plant/cultivar
3.3. Water requirements
3.4. Land: terrain and climate on tea growing and productivity
3.5. Young tea management
3.6. Tipping and plucking
3.7. Frame formation prune
3.8. Schedule of operations for bringing up young tea
3.9. Postplanting care
3.10. Mature tea plantation management
Chapter FOUR. Mature tea (soil, water and shade) management
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Soil
4.3. Water management
4.4. Shade trees in tea plantations
4.5. Role and benefits of these green vegetation
4.6. Water conservation and management
4.7. Importance of maintenance foliage: intricacies on production and cost-effective management
4.8. Shade management in tea plantations
4.9. Stress management
4.10. Biotic stresses
Chapter FIVE. Pruning systems and crop productivity
5.1. Normal pruning, rejuvenation pruning
5.2. Bush architecture: pruning, tipping, and harvesting
Chapter SIX. Physiology of the tea plant
6.1. Cultivar with varying harvest index
6.2. Carbon metabolism: photosynthesis and assimilation
6.3. Source-sink relationship
6.4. Apical dominance
6.5. Flushing behavior and hormone relationship
6.6. Winter-bud-dormancy-hormone
6.7. Starch build up in relation to flushing behavior and in-built mechanism in the canopy for sustenance
6.8. Wind, hail, and flood in relation to physiology
6.9. Stress management in plantations
6.10. Secondary metabolites
6.11. Remedial/restoration/palliative measures contemplated as scientific, financial, and sociological
Chapter Seven. Mineral nutrition in tea
7.1. Essential nutrients
7.2. Macronutrients
7.3. Secondary nutrients
7.4. Micronutrients
7.5. Some of the salient points on the nutrition of tea
7.6. Key symptoms of a few important micronutrients
7.7. Nutrient management
7.8. Salient points on nutrients management in tea plantations
Chapter EIGHT. Management of tea plantations: plant protection including weed control
8.1. Principal causes for pests and diseases
8.2. The principal pests and diseases of north and south India
8.3. Integrative measures suggested for the important pest and diseases
Chapter NINE. Tea processing and quality improvement
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Type of teas
9.3. Cell constituents
9.4. Black tea processing
9.5. Innovative processing/manufacture
9.6. Diversification value addition and marketing
Chapter TEN. Pollution of water, air, and toxic chemical elements
Chapter ELEVEN. Current problems and remedial measures required in tea plantations
11.1. Present situations
11.2. Major problems faced by tea plantations
Chapter Twelve. Priority areas of research for the preeminent position of Indian tea plantations
12.1. Importance of the soil 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
12.3. Packages for improving crop during quality seasons second/autumn flushes regions: Assam, Darjeeling, Nuwareliya, and the world's best black teas
12.4. Present situations/conditions of tea plantations, restoration measures, suggested with time frame
12.5. Concluding remarks and suggestions/road map for the well-being of the tea industry of India
Chapter THIRTEEN. Case studies, field observations, and troubleshooting
13.1. Introduction
13.2. Current problems and probable solutions of tea plantations of North East India
13.3. Drought amelioration during winter: Mackaibari TG, Kurseong, Darjeeling district
13.4. Visit report of Boisahabi TE, Jorhat, Assam, February 20 and 21, 2019
13.5. Technical discussion with field staff and executives-Halmari, Mokalbari dated Dec. 12th and 15th respectively
13.6. Field proving of basic package of practices for sustainable productivity in tea plantations- HML-A
13.7. A note on glyphosate (C3H8NO5P) on toxicity in plantations and remedial measures
13.8. Research work done and contributions made as head plant physiology, Upasi Tri, during 1989–96
13.9. Report of visit to Bukhial T. E. by Dr. L. Manivel, Ex-TRA. Plant physiologist
13.10. Decline of Tuckda 383-Long View, Darjeeling
13.11. Salient points on young tea management, Meisamari, Nigeria
Index