Improving the polyphenol content of tea

T Tounekti, E Joubert, I Hernández… - Critical reviews in …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Tea, prepared from the leaves of Camellia species, has one of the highest contents of
flavonoids among common food and beverage products. Tea consumption has moved …

Combating climate change in the Kenyan tea industry

CR Muoki, TK Maritim, WA Oluoch… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Climate change triggered by global warming poses a major threat to agricultural systems
globally. This phenomenon is characterized by emergence of pests and diseases, extreme …

Influence of region of production on relative clonal plain tea quality parameters in Kenya

PO Owuor, FN Wachira, WK Ng'etich - Food chemistry, 2010 - Elsevier
Tea is grown in diverse regions with varying climates. Growers seek high-yielding and
superior quality cultivars to improve profitability of the enterprise. A superior quality genotype …

Effects of genotype, environment and management on yields and quality of black tea

PO Owuor, DM Kamau, SM Kamunya… - Genetics, Biofuels and …, 2011 - Springer
The tea beverages processed from the young tender shoots of Camellia sinensis (L.) O.
Kuntze, are claimed to be the most widely consumed fluids after water. The tea plant …

Productivity and nitrogen use of tea plantations in relation to age and genotype

DM Kamau, JHJ Spiertz, O Oenema, PO Owuor - Field Crops Research, 2008 - Elsevier
Lack of science-based knowledge on responses of tea bushes to nitrogen (N) in ageing tea
plantations hampers the development of ecologically sound and economically profitable N …

Optimization of informative spectral variables for the quantification of EGCG in green tea using Fourier transform near-infrared (FT-NIR) spectroscopy and multivariate …

Z Guo, Q Chen, L Chen, W Huang, C Zhang… - Applied …, 2011 - opg.optica.org
Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is credited with the majority of the health benefits
associated with green tea consumption. It has a high economic and medicinal value. The …

Functional annotation of putative QTL associated with black tea quality and drought tolerance traits

RK Koech, PM Malebe, C Nyarukowa, R Mose… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The understanding of black tea quality and percent relative water content (% RWC) traits in
tea (Camellia sinensis) by a quantitative trait loci (QTL) approach can be useful in …

[图书][B] Productivity and Resource Use in Ageing Tea Plantations.

DM Kamau - 2008 - search.proquest.com
The tea industry in Kenya is rural-based and provides livelihood to over three million people
along the value chain. The industry which started in the first quarter of the 20th century has …

Responses of tea to environment in Kenya. 1. Genotype× environment interactions for total dry matter production and yield

WK Ng'etich, W Stephens - Experimental Agriculture, 2001 - cambridge.org
Dry matter production and yield of tea were recorded in a genotype× environment interaction
experiment with four tea clones planted at four sites at a range of altitudes in Kericho, Kenya …

[HTML][HTML] Genotype and environment interactions of yields and yield components of tea (Camellia sinensis) cultivars in Kenya

KW Nyabundi, PO Owuor, GW Netondo… - American Journal of Plant …, 2016 - scirp.org
The tea crop provides income and employment to rural populations in many countries. In
Kenya, tea, which is the leading export commodity crop, is grown in highlands east and west …