Maintaining quality and longevity of cut flowers is one of the critical issues in the floriculture industry, especially in cut flowers; and one of the most important problems in chrysanthemum, as one of the most popular cut flowers. Therefore, an experiment was conducted based on completely randomized design as pulse treatment with the three factors: tea extracts with 4 levels (5, 10, 20, and 4...

Introduction 1.1.20) catalyze the hydrolysis of ester and depside bonds in tannic acid [1], the reaction end products is glucose and gallic acid [2,3]. The enzyme is utilized in a number of industrial applications, is extensively used in wine, beer, coffee flavored soft drinks [4] and also including the manufacture of instant tea [5]. In addition gallic acid, finds use in the dye making, and le...

In South Fujian, China, the abundant agricultural resource of tea is under the threat of unsustainable exploitation of soil and water, and the pressure of industry upgrade. This paper takes the development plan of Xiping, a town in South Fujian, as an example to explore the method of sustainable planning in the areas of agricultural resource. The strength of the town as well as the weakness of ...

Aqueous extracts of green yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis) and green tea (Camellia sinensis) are good sources of phenolic antioxidants, as already described in the literature. The subject of this study were organic extracts from yerba maté, both green and roasted, and from green tea. Their phenolic profiles were characterized by direct infusion electrospray insertion mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) ...

This paper aims to understand the decision making process of people in the Kaohsiung area with regard to their preference of tea or coffee. The contributing factors behind consumers’ decision-making are further investigated. This paper also looks into the frequency of tea and coffee consumer teatime habits and consumer demographic structure. The relationship between tea and coffee consumers in ...

Globally, 1031 species of arthropods are associated with the intensively managed tea Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze monoculture. All parts of the plant, leaf, stem, root, flower, and seed, are fed upon by at least one pest species, resulting in an 11%-55% loss in yield if left unchecked. There has been heavy use of organosynthetic pesticides since the 1950s to defend the plant against these p...