The glass house experiment involving compost tea and harvest age was conducted to investigate the effect of giving (cricket rabbit feces) harvesting on productivity, nutrient content, in vitro digestibility value Cichorium intybus. Compost (CT) is an aqueous extract from that can correct deficiencies during crop production protect cultivation. research treatment consisted two factors, namely: d...

As leaf-harvest plants, tea trees show unique nutrient requirements, different from those of corn and other field crops. However, the effects nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K) application on accumulation quality-related compounds mechanisms underlying how nutrients affect tea-leaf metabolism have not been well elucidated. Here, fertilizers with N, P, K ratios were applied to plants in...

Tea leaf (Camellia sinensis) is rich in catechins, which endow tea with various health benefits. There are more than ten catechin compounds in tea, among which epigallocatechingallate (EGCG) is the most abundant. Epidemiological studies on the association between tea consumption and the risk of breast cancer were summarized, and the inhibitory effects of tea catechins on breast cancer, with EGC...

Psidium guajava Linn. (guava) is used not only as food but also as folk medicine in subtropical areas around the world because of its pharmacologic activities. In particular, the leaf extract of guava has traditionally been used for the treatment of diabetes in East Asia and other countries. Moreover, the anti-hyperglycemic activity of the extract has been reported in some animal models. Howeve...

Leaf senescence in winter deciduous species signals the transition from the active to the dormant stage. The purpose of leaf senescence is the recovery of nutrients before the leaves fall. Photoperiod and temperature are the main cues controlling leaf senescence in winter deciduous species, with water stress imposing an additional influence. Photoperiod exerts a strict control on leaf senescenc...

Tea [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze] is a perennial tree which undergoes winter dormancy and unlike deciduous trees, the species does not shed its leaves during winters. The present work dissected the molecular processes operating in the leaves during the period of active growth and winter dormancy through transcriptome analysis to understand a long-standing question: why should tea be a non-...

An experimental research to study the effect of plucking cycles on the physiological pattern of leaf growth of tea plant of newly-released tea cultivated varieties (clones) was conducted at Plantation of the Research Centre for Tea and Quinine Trees of Gambung of Bandung, Indonesia from April 2012 to July 2012. The leaf growth of tea are dependent on several genetic and environmental/agronomic ...

The production innovations have been evolving more and more towards organic, sustainable or environmental friendly systems. Contemporarily, the yield and the quality of crops must be assured. The reduction of fertilisers may be obtained by improving the nutrients uptake or their utilisation by the plants. The aim of our work was to verify if the progressive reduction of nutrient solution concen...