Blister blight caused by obligate biotrophic pathogen Exobasidium vexans is a prevalent foliar disease in tea plants that results in significant losses in both yield and quality. To further understand the response mechanism of tea plants against E. vexans infection, transcriptomics and targeted...

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) and their N-oxides (PANOs) are novel contaminants in tea. However, the source of PA/PANO contamination in tea remains unclear. In this study, 15 PAs/PANOs were extracted from plant samples (tea, fresh tea leaves, and weeds) with 0.1 M sulfuric acid and from soil with...

The material content and nutritional composition of tea vary during different picking periods, leading to variations in tea quality. The absence of rapid evaluation methods for identifying tea quality at different picking periods hinders the smooth operation and maintenance of agricultural...

A total of 174 tomato-based products collected in China in 2021 were analyzed for the natural occurrence of four Alternaria toxins: alternariol (AOH), alternariol monomethyl ether (AME), tenuazonic acid (TeA), and tentoxin (TEN) by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-electrospray...

Ethnopharmacological relevance: Tea (Camellia sinensis) has been consumed for centuries as a traditional remedy for various metabolic diseases. The pharmacological mechanisms of many conventional medicines, including tea, often need to be clarified. Chin brick tea is a unique Chinese black tea...

Pruning is an important agronomic measure in tea plantation management. In this study, we analyzed the effect of pruning on gene expression in tea leaves from a transcriptomics perspective and verified the results of a transcriptomic analysis in terms of changes in physiological indicators of tea...

This research explores the Small Tea Plantations (STP) in Romjanpara and Radhanagar villages of Atwari Subdistrict under the northernmost district of Bangladesh, Panchagarh and its impact on the local farmers. More specifically, how STP was integrated in the local farming, the socioeconomic...

Many studies have focused on the concentrations of heavy metals (HMs) in Tieguanyin tea plants and surrounding soil; however, limited information is available on the specific sources of HMs in tea plantation trees. In this study, HMs in tea plants (roots, stems, old leaves, and young leaves) from...

Forests are atmospheric CO₂ sinks, but their losses and degradation accelerate the emissions of carbon stored as a sink. Deforestation and forest degradation are widespread in Bangladesh, but their impact on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is unknown. We assess land use and land cover (LULC) change...

Tea is a popular crop in Asia and Africa, yet only limited information on tea watershed hydrology is available. This study attempts to experimentally establish the rainfall partitioning parameters (RPPs), namely throughfall (TF), stemflow (SF), and rainfall interception (IC), for a plantation of...