Global Tea Breeding: Achievements, Challenges and Perspectives (Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 3642318770 ISBN 13: 9783642318771

Verlag: Springer, 2013

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<P><I>GLOBAL TEA BREEDING: ACHIEVEMENTS, CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES</I> 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, <I>CAMELLIA SINENSIS </I>(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.</P><P>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. </P><P>ZENO APOSTOLIDES IS A PROFESSOR AT THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY, UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA. </P><P>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.</P>

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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.

Biografía del autor

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.

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• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 3642318770
• ISBN 13: 9783642318771
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 408
• Herausgeber: Chen Liang, Apostolides Zeno, Chen Zong-Mao