Description and Constituents Tea is one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world today, second only to water, and its medicinal properties have been widely explored. The tea plant, Camellia sinensis, is a member of the Theaceae family, and black, oolong, and green tea are produced from its leaves. It is an evergreen shrub or tree and can grow to heights of 30 feet, but is usually prun...

When the homogenate of fresh tea tree leaves was fermented to produce black tea beverage, the Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (main pathogen or endophyte of Camellia sinensis) may be mixed into the fermentation liquor. However, it was unclear whether C. gloeosporioides-contaminated tea beverage would damage human health. Therefore, we investigated the changes of functional components and the inf...

During tea cultivation, diverse agroforestry is an important and established intercropping measure, with most studies concentrating on ecological service provision economic returns. However, the response of soil nutrients microbial community structures in long-term plantations systems poorly understood. In present field study (2015), three agroforestry-tea patterns (Osmanthus-Tea (OT), Michelia...

As a famous variety of oolong tea in Fujian Province, Wuyi Rock Tea enjoys high brand recognition nationwide for its unique field and complex tea-making process. However, the production sales commodities were significantly affected by global outbreak COVID-19 pandemic 2019. The market was hit heavily consumers’ reduced income closure small medium-sized enterprises. In response to problems Tea, ...

Introduction: Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) and wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum) leaves and flowers were used to develop thymo-rutin green tea. The process involved cultivation of buckwheat collection of flowers and leaves after flowering and collection of wild thymus leaves and flowers. Materials and Methods: The leaves and flowers washed and pass through steam to fix color and kept in solar h...

Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are studied in different agricultural crops but the interaction of PGPR of tea crop is not yet studied well. In the present study, the indigenous tea rhizobacteria were isolated from seven tea estates of Darjeeling located in West Bengal, India. A total of 150 rhizobacterial isolates were screened for antagonistic activity against six different fungal...