Developing Tea As An Alternative Crop for Florida

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1 Developing Tea As An Alternative Crop for Florida Donglin Zhang, Ph.D. Michael A. Dirr Endowed Chair Professor Department of Horticulture, University of Georgia Athens, GA , USA Phone: ,

2 Thanks Dr. Juanita Popenoe All Your Support & Interest

3 Tea is the 2 nd most consumed beverage in the world! What is the 1 st? Water! Tea

4 Tea, Camellia sinensis, belongs to tea family (Theaceae).

5 C. azalea C. oleifera Camellia japonica C. amplexcaulis

6 Camellia nitidissima (C. chrysantha) Golden Camellia (dried flowers as tea)

7 Tea from BBQ from:

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9 Tea (Camellia sinensis) Sales in US

10 Thanks USDA SCEP (Team #4, 2016) The Ministry of Agriculture in China Oct , 2016: Beijing, MOA Oct : Hubei, tea cultivation Oct : Zhejiang, tea research Oct : Shanghai, tea marketing Collect new tea cultivars before & after

11 Team Members 1. Dr. Brent Pemberton, Texas A&M 2. Mr. Jian Zhang, MOA, China 3. Dr. Yan Chen, LSU (Team leader) 4. Dr. Jason McDonald, Great Mississippi Tea Company 5. Mr. Jason Stagg, LSU 6. Dr. Donglin Zhang, UGA

12 Tea

13 Beijing: Tea Briefing by Ms. Min Gou & Mr. Yang Leng

14 Tea in China China, birthplace of tea 5,000 years ago. Chinese emperor and herbalist, Shennong, in 2737 BC 3,000 years old tea tree in Yunnan Production area 0.7 million acres, 60% of the world Yield yearly 2.25 million ton (dried tea), 40% of the world Rank #3, tea export

15 Major Tea in China Green, white, yellow tea Red/black, brick/pu er, oolong tea Processing technique, Cultivars

16 Tea Market in China 350 registered cultivars Green tea, 80% of CN total 60,000 tea manufactures 300,000 retailers US$ 2 per lb int l market US$ 4 per lb Chinese market The highest price: Da-hong Pao tea (oolong tea) US$566,976 per lb

17 Production Station / Fuliangshan Agriculture Company Tea Research Institute of Hubei Academy of Agricultural Science

18 Greenhouse space: 100 acres for rooting tea cuttings 68 Greenhouses, million cuttings per house Yielded about 110 million tea plants yearly

19 Automatic control center and a new tea cultivar, China #1

20 Temperature C Humidity Light Tea Institute of Hubei Founded in Researchers, 6 with Ph.D. 9 Research / Technology Centers 7 new cultivars Tea R&D Alliance Provincial wide tea plantation soil monitoring system

21 Tea in Hubei, China Germplasm Collection: 1,200 cultivars Production area: 810,000 acres Annual yield: 280,000 ton Employed 6,000,000 people Rank #3 in China Majorly new cultivars, Hubei #5

22 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

23 Tea Pot and Cup in Lanscape in Hangzhou, China

24 Tea

25 Westlake Longjing Bilouchun Yongxi Fire Green Anji White Tea Qimee (Keemun) Black Tea Mengding Yellow Tea

26 Tea

27 Tea

28 Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

29 Tea Ceremony

30 Tea Tasting

31 22 Full Professors Tea Institute of China, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

32 4,000 tea clones/cultivars National tea germplasm collection, Hangzhou, China

33 Tea cultivar breeding, selection, and evaluation, Hangzhou, China

34 Tea as soft drinks

35 Tea as soft drinks

36 Tea Polyphenols, Nature Care, and etc.

37 School of Tea Culture, Zhejiang A&F University 63 BS Students & 53 Graduate Students (Department of Tea Science, School of Agriculture, 30 students/yr)

38 Tea Experimental Field

39 Wild Tea Plantation

40 DiFuTe Tea Culture Square, Shanghai (owner: Yanliang Pang)

41 Dftai Tea (tea bag)

42 Over 1,000 venders for selling tea only Trading value US$7.4 billion a year

43 Expert to 57 countries US$270 millions / year

44 Afternoon Tea Anna Maria Russell ( ), Duchess of Bedford was a lifelong friend of Queen Victoria, whom she served as a Lady of the Bedchamber between 1837 and She was also the originator of the British meal "afternoon tea."

45 Tea

46 Trump Afternoon Tea According to Benjamin Franklin, at least a million Americans drink tea twice a day and yet he was unable to find any American tea as palatable or agreeable as real tea from China.

47 A tea plantation in Ciwidey, Bandung in Indonesia

48 December 16, 1773: Boston Tea Party (3 ships, 342 Chests of tea) : American Revolutionary War Tea Act of May 10, 1773 for East India Company If there is no tea taxation, there is no US war of Independence

49 Tea

50 Tea

51 Tea

52 Tea

53 Tea

54 Mr. William Barclay Hall, Owner

55 Tea

56 Tea Cultivar Trial in Charleston, SC (established early 1900)

57 Tea

58 The Great Mississippi Tea Company

59 Variegated Tea

60 Tea (big vs. small foliage)

61 Tea (Twisted twigs)

62 Tea ( Zijuan )

63 Tea (Golden Sprout)

64 Tea (Golden Sprout) By Dr. Zhilong Hao

65 Tea, Camellia sinensis a new cash crop for Florida? Yes! Why & How? Tea

66 Peach & blueberry late frost / freeze damage Tea (Twisted twigs)

67 Citrus late frost / freeze damage

68 Should we worry about it? No Tea late frost / freeze damage

69 Dr. Tea (Dr. Zhilong Hao, Tea Department, Fujian A&F University, China)

70 Tea (bud, 1 bud + 1 leaf, 1 bud + 2 leaves, 1 bud + 3 leaves)

71 Challenges Cultivar Adaptation? Mechanical Harvesting? Low Tea Price?

72 Challenges Select tea cultivars Propagation by cuttings (need Greenhouse) Container growing before planting Land/Field preparation Planting Irrigation Management Harvesting Tea processing (make green, red, and white tea) Packing tea (with Local Grown" logo) Marketing

73 Challenges Select tea Cultivars UGA48-13 & UGA#16-16

74 Propagation by cuttings (need Greenhouse) A single node cutting

75 Container growing before planting

76 Two Brooks Tea Farm Land/Field preparation

77 Planting

78 Irrigation

79 Tea (flood damage)

80 Tea (establishment?)

81 Management

82 Management

83 Harvesting

84 Tea processing (make green, red, and white tea)

85 Packing tea (with Local Grown" logo)

86 Marketing Tea, Bottle Drinks, Matcha, Health & Cosmetic Products US$608.36/lb From amazon.com

87 Look forward to Florida Growing Tea! Tea

88 Thanks! Any Question? Tea By Dr. Zhilong Hao