Tea genetic resources in China

Liang Chen; Ming-Zhe Yao; Xin-Chao Wang; Ya-Jun Yang

doi:10.20425/ijts.v8i2.4701

Liang Chen Research Center for Tea Germplasm and Improvement, Tea Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; National Center for Tea Improvement, 9 South Meiling Road, Hangzhou 310008, China
Ming-Zhe Yao Research Center for Tea Germplasm and Improvement, Tea Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; National Center for Tea Improvement, 9 South Meiling Road, Hangzhou 310008, China
Xin-Chao Wang Research Center for Tea Germplasm and Improvement, Tea Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; National Center for Tea Improvement, 9 South Meiling Road, Hangzhou 310008, China
Ya-Jun Yang Research Center for Tea Germplasm and Improvement, Tea Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; National Center for Tea Improvement, 9 South Meiling Road, Hangzhou 310008, China

DOI https://doi.org/10.20425/ijts.v8i2.4701

Abstract

Cultivation and consumption of tea in China has a history of about 5,000 years. Most scientists beheve that tea plants originated from the Yunnan province in south-western China. China has abundant tea germplasms in the whole world. In the past two decades, significant progress has been made in collection, conservation, evaluation and utilization of tea genetic resources in China. Further collection of tea germplasm and association analysis of molecular markers on important agronomic traits of genetic resources are proposed.

Keywords: Tea genetic resources, collection, conservation, evaluation, utilization

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