Tea genetic resources in China
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.
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Tea genetic resources, collection, conservation, evaluation, utilization
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Chen, L., M.-Z. Yao, X.-C. Wang, and Y.-J. Yang. “Tea Genetic Resources in China”. International Journal of Tea Science, Vol. 8, no. 02, Mar. 2012, pp. 55-64, doi:10.20425/ijts.v8i2.4701.
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Research Article