Global Tea Breeding Achievements, Challenges and Perspectives /

• Main Authors: Chen, Liang (Author), Apostolides, Zeno (Author), Chen, Zong-Mao (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Food > Biotechnology.; Agriculture.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Food Science.

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,...

Table of Contents:

• Delicious and Healthy Tea: An Overview
• Tea Germplasm and Breeding in China
• Breeding of the Tea Plant (Camellia sinensis) in India
• Tea Plant (Camellia sinensis) Breeding in Sri Lanka
• Tea Improvement in Kenya
• Japanese Tea Breeding History and the Future Perspective
• Breeding of Tea Plant (Camellia sinensis) in Vietnam
• Tea Plant (Camellia sinensis) Breeding in Korea
• Tea Germplasm and Improvement in Bangladesh
• The Development of High Yielding Tea Clones to Increase Indonesian Tea Production
• The Tea Industry and Improvements in Turkey
• Tea Improvement in Nigeria
• Genetics and Chemistry of the Resistance of Tea Plant to Pests
• Germplasm and Breeding Research of Tea Plant Based on DNA Marker Approaches.