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Global Tea Breeding

Achievements, Challenges and Perspectives

  • Contributed by top tea breeders in the main tea producing countries
  • Provides complete and up-to-date research results
  • Fills a gap in the recent literatures of tea germplasm and breeding worldwide

Part of the book series: Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China (ATSTC)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Delicious and Healthy Tea: An Overview

    • Zong-Mao Chen, Liang Chen
    Pages 1-11
  3. Tea Germplasm and Breeding in China

    • Ming-Zhe Yao, Liang Chen
    Pages 13-68
  4. Breeding of the Tea Plant (Camellia sinensis) in India

    • Suresh Chandra Das, Sudripta Das, Mridul Hazarika
    Pages 69-124
  5. Tea Plant (Camellia sinensis) Breeding in Sri Lanka

    • M. Trixie K. Gunasekare
    Pages 125-176
  6. Tea Improvement in Kenya

    • Samson M. Kamunya, Francis N. Wachira, Ram S. Pathak, Richard C. Muoki, Ram K. Sharma
    Pages 177-226
  7. Tea Plant (Camellia sinensis) Breeding in Korea

    • Byeong-Choon Jeong, Young-Goo Park
    Pages 263-288
  8. Tea Germplasm and Improvement in Bangladesh

    • Abdul Qayyum Khan
    Pages 289-297
  9. The Development of High Yielding Tea Clones to Increase Indonesian Tea Production

    • Bambang Sriyadi, Rohayati Suprihatini, Heri Syahrian Khomaeni
    Pages 299-308
  10. The Tea Industry and Improvements in Turkey

    • Sezai Ercisli
    Pages 309-321
  11. Tea Improvement in Nigeria

    • Samuel S. Omolaja, Gerald O. Iremiren
    Pages 323-342
  12. Genetics and Chemistry of the Resistance of Tea Plant to Pests

    • Zong-Mao Chen, Xiao-Ling Sun, Wen-Xia Dong
    Pages 343-360
  13. Germplasm and Breeding Research of Tea Plant Based on DNA Marker Approaches

    • Sui Ni, Ming-Zhe Yao, Liang Chen, Li-Ping Zhao, Xin-Chao Wang
    Pages 361-376
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 377-384

About this book

Global Tea Breeding: Achievements, Challenges and Perspectives provides a global review on biodiversity and biotechnology issues in tea breeding and selection. The contributions are written by experts from China, India, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Turkey, Indonesia, Japan, Bangladesh, Korea, Nigeria, and etc., which countries amount to 90% of the world tea production. This book focuses on the germplasm, breeding and selection of tea cultivars for the production of black, green and Oolong teas from the tea plant, Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze. It can benefit the tea breeders in the global tea industry, as well as the breeders of other woody cash crops like coffee and other sub-tropical fruit trees.

Liang Chen is a Professor and Associate Director at National Center for Tea Improvement, Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (TRICAAS), Hangzhou, China.

Zeno Apostolides is a Professor at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Zong-Mao Chen is the Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a Professor at the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, National Center for Tea Improvement, Hangzhou, China

    Liang Chen, Zong-Mao Chen

  • Department of Biochemistry, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

    Zeno Apostolides

About the authors

Liang Chen is a Professor and Associate Director at National Center for Tea Improvement, Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (TRICAAS), Hangzhou, China.

Zeno Apostolides is a Professor at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Zong-Mao Chen is the Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a Professor at the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Global Tea Breeding

  • Book Subtitle: Achievements, Challenges and Perspectives

  • Authors: Liang Chen, Zeno Apostolides, Zong-Mao Chen

  • Series Title: Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31878-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Zhejiang University Press, Hangzhou and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-31877-1Published: 07 February 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-31878-8Published: 31 August 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1995-6819

  • Series E-ISSN: 1995-6827

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 384

  • Number of Illustrations: 87 b/w illustrations

  • Additional Information: Jointly published with Zhejiang University Press

  • Topics: Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Agriculture, Food Science

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eBook USD 189.00
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Hardcover Book USD 249.99
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