Integrated Research on Tea Plants: Soil Management, Cultivation Strategies, Breeding, and Quality Formation
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Horticultural and Floricultural Crops".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2027 | Viewed by 22
Editor
Interests: sustainable tea cultivation; soil quality; agricultural environmental impact assessment
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Dear Colleagues,
Tea is one of the most important beverage crops worldwide, with substantial economic, cultural, and ecological significance. However, tea production is currently facing increasing challenges, including climate change, soil degradation, nutrient imbalance, water constraints, and biotic and abiotic stresses. Meanwhile, the demand for high-quality tea products and sustainable production systems continues to grow. Addressing these challenges requires integrated research efforts that connect soil management, cultivation practices, genetic improvement, and quality formation in tea plants.
This Special Issue of Agronomy aims to provide an international forum for the publication of high-quality research on tea plants, with a particular focus on soil management, cultivation strategies, breeding, and quality formation. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, soil fertility and health, rhizosphere processes, nutrient management, organic and mineral amendments, water management, cultivation practices, stress physiology, germplasm evaluation, breeding for yield and resistance, and the physiological, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms underlying tea quality formation.
We welcome original research articles, review papers, communications, and short notes that contribute to a better understanding of tea plant production and improvement. Interdisciplinary studies integrating agronomy, plant physiology, soil science, breeding, molecular biology, and digital technologies are particularly encouraged. Contributions that link management practices and genetic factors with tea yield, quality traits, resource-use efficiency, and environmental adaptability will be especially valuable.
Dr. Peng Yan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- tea plant
- soil management
- cultivation strategies
- tea breeding
- quality formation
- nutrient management
- soil health
- sustainable tea production
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