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New Advances in High Yield and Efficient Cultivation Techniques of Tea Plants

A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Genetics, Genomics, Breeding, and Biotechnology (G2B2)".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 2257

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Wenjun Qian

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Tea Research Institute, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266000, China
Interests: tea plant; molecular breeding; cold stress; drought stress; gene; tea plant cultivation; tea yield and quality
Prof. Dr. Zhaotang Ding

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Tea Research Institute, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266000, China
Interests: tea plant; tea plant breeding; abiotic stress; tea plant cultivation
Prof. Dr. Xinchao Wang

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Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
Interests: genetic breeding and stress resistance mechanism of tea plant
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Dr. Chuan Yue

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College of Food Science, Tea Research Institute, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
Interests: utilization of tea tree resources; ecophysiology and quality control of tea tree
Dr. Jianhui Hu

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Tea Research Institute, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266000, China
Interests: tea plant; tea plant cultivation; adventitious root; tea yield and quality
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Dr. Kai Fan

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Tea Research Institute, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266000, China
Interests: tea plant; tea plant cultivation; nitrogen; tea yield and quality
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Tea is one of the three types of non-alcoholic beverages, about two billion cups of tea are consumed every day. In 2020, the tea plant cultivation area was nearly 5.098 million hectares and the tea yield was nearly 6.269 million all over the world as reported by the International Tea Committee (ITC). However, the tea yield per unit area and the tea quality varied in different cultivation regions and countries, which mainly contributed to the different tea plant cultivars, cultivation environment and management levels. Among them, many irrational management techniques, such as excessive utilization of different types of chemical pesticides, improper fertilization and picking, etc. will result in a great negative effect on the tea yield and quality. Besides, natural disasters and many biotic and abiotic stresses, such as cold, drought, salt, pests and pathogens also seriously affect the improvement of tea yield and quality. To improve the tea yield and quality, many attempts should be made the improvement of tea plant cultivation techniques and the utilization of elite cultivars with excellent quality, high production, strong resistance and early sprouting time.

To achieve the above goals, there are still lots of studies that need to be performed. In this Special Issue, we sincerely invite submissions of original research articles, reviews, and perspectives that are related to the following topics, but not limited: (1) effects of different fertilizer types and different fertilization techniques on tea yield and quality; (2) effects of soil and rhizosphere microorganisms on the growth and development of tea plants; (3) effects of exogenous hormones or plant growth regulators on growth and development of tea plants; (4) effects of light, temperature and water on growth and development of tea plant; (5) molecular mechanisms of tea plants in response to different biotic and abiotic stresses; (6) the innovation and utilization of specific genetic resources and the development of new elite cultivars; (7) the new propagation or cultivation technologies; (8) the improvement or innovation of tea plant cultivation mode; (9) study on the genetic regularities and regulatory mechanisms of tea yield and quality traits; (10) screening, mapping and functional validation of elite genes related to tea yield and quality traits.

Dr. Wenjun Qian
Prof. Dr. Zhaotang Ding
Prof. Dr. Xinchao Wang
Dr. Chuan Yue
Dr. Jianhui Hu
Dr. Kai Fan
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Camellia sinensis
  • tea yield
  • tea quality
  • fertilizer
  • biotic and abiotic stresses
  • gene
  • molecular mechanism
  • hormones
  • root
  • rhizosphere microorganisms

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Measuring the Impact of Relative Deprivation on Tea Farmers’ Pesticide Application Behavior: The Case of Shaanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang, and Anhui Province, China
by Xiuling Ding, Qian Lu, Lipeng Li, Hua Li and Apurbo Sarkar
Horticulturae 2023, 9(3), 342; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9030342 - 05 Mar 2023
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Reducing chemical interaction within core farming tactics has gained much attention worldwide due to ever-increasing water, soil, and air pollution trends caused by various agricultural activities. Since, in the developing countries, tea is primarily produced conventionally, clarifying the impact of relative deprivation on [...] Read more.
Reducing chemical interaction within core farming tactics has gained much attention worldwide due to ever-increasing water, soil, and air pollution trends caused by various agricultural activities. Since, in the developing countries, tea is primarily produced conventionally, clarifying the impact of relative deprivation on the pesticide application rate of tea farmers is conducive to promoting the reduction of pesticides and the green development of the tea industry. Thus, based on extensive literature reviews, the study constructs a theoretical framework of relative deprivation and pesticide application rate by tea farmers. Moreover, the moderating effect of external intervention and behavioral factors has also been assessed. A data set of 786 tea farmers’ responses from Shaanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang, and Anhui provinces has been utilized to test, outline and validate the proposed framework. We utilized the Ordered Probit model to measure the psychological fluctuation of tea farmers. The results are as follows. (i) The more substantial their perception of relative deprivation, the more tea farmers tend to increase the application rate. (ii) In external interventions, the degree of government regulation can not only directly promote the reduction of pesticide application but also play a negative regulatory role between the relative deprivation and the amount of pesticide applied by tea farmers. Although the degree of community control can directly promote the reduction of pesticide application by tea farmers, its regulating effect is insignificant. (iii) Regarding behavioral ability, the management scale can directly promote the reduction of pesticide application by tea farmers, but its regulating impact is not significant. Thus, government should highlight the importance of organic and environmentally friendly tea cultivation and encourage tea farmers to reduce pesticide application. Along with the market regulation, point-of-sale testing and traceability of pesticide residues should continue to be consolidated, strengthened and improved. Full article
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