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 30602-7273, USA Phone: 706 542 0776, Email: donglin@uga.edu
Thanks Dr. Juanita Popenoe All Your Support & Interest
Tea is the 2 nd most consumed beverage in the world! What is the 1 st? Water! Tea
Tea, Camellia sinensis, belongs to tea family (Theaceae).
C. azalea C. oleifera Camellia japonica C. amplexcaulis
Camellia nitidissima (C. chrysantha) Golden Camellia (dried flowers as tea)
Tea from www.carsoncitybbq.com BBQ from: http://www.fedmanwalking.com/content/austins-top-10-bbq
Tea (Camellia sinensis) Sales in US
Thanks USDA SCEP (Team #4, 2016) The Ministry of Agriculture in China Oct. 11-12, 2016: Beijing, MOA Oct. 13-15: Hubei, tea cultivation Oct. 16-19: Zhejiang, tea research Oct. 21-23: Shanghai, tea marketing Collect new tea cultivars before & after
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 2 1 3 4 5 6
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Beijing: Tea Briefing by Ms. Min Gou & Mr. Yang Leng
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 https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2444/3774609517_f44ff387e5.jpg
Major Tea in China Green, white, yellow tea Red/black, brick/pu er, oolong tea Processing technique, Cultivars
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 http://1001teafacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/da-hong-pao-tea.jpg
Production Station / Fuliangshan Agriculture Company Tea Research Institute of Hubei Academy of Agricultural Science
Greenhouse space: 100 acres for rooting tea cuttings 68 Greenhouses, 1.6-1.7 million cuttings per house Yielded about 110 million tea plants yearly
Automatic control center and a new tea cultivar, China #1
Temperature C Humidity Light Tea Institute of Hubei Founded in 1950 12 Researchers, 6 with Ph.D. 9 Research / Technology Centers 7 new cultivars Tea R&D Alliance Provincial wide tea plantation soil monitoring system
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
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Tea Pot and Cup in Lanscape in Hangzhou, China
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Westlake Longjing Bilouchun Yongxi Fire Green Anji White Tea Qimee (Keemun) Black Tea Mengding Yellow Tea
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Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Tea Ceremony
Tea Tasting
22 Full Professors Tea Institute of China, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
4,000 tea clones/cultivars National tea germplasm collection, Hangzhou, China
Tea cultivar breeding, selection, and evaluation, Hangzhou, China
Tea as soft drinks
Tea as soft drinks
Tea Polyphenols, Nature Care, and etc.
School of Tea Culture, Zhejiang A&F University 63 BS Students & 53 Graduate Students (Department of Tea Science, School of Agriculture, 30 students/yr)
Tea Experimental Field
Wild Tea Plantation
DiFuTe Tea Culture Square, Shanghai (owner: Yanliang Pang)
Dftai Tea (tea bag)
Over 1,000 venders for selling tea only Trading value US$7.4 billion a year
Expert to 57 countries US$270 millions / year
Afternoon Tea Anna Maria Russell (1783-1857), Duchess of Bedford was a lifelong friend of Queen Victoria, whom she served as a Lady of the Bedchamber between 1837 and 1841. She was also the originator of the British meal "afternoon tea." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/anna_russell,_duchess_of_bedford
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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.
A tea plantation in Ciwidey, Bandung in Indonesia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/history_of_tea#/media/file:tea_plantation_in_ciwidey,_bandung_2014-08-21.jpg
December 16, 1773: Boston Tea Party (3 ships, 342 Chests of tea) 1775-1783: 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
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Mr. William Barclay Hall, Owner
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Tea Cultivar Trial in Charleston, SC (established early 1900)
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The Great Mississippi Tea Company
Variegated Tea
Tea (big vs. small foliage)
Tea (Twisted twigs)
Tea ( Zijuan )
Tea (Golden Sprout)
Tea (Golden Sprout) By Dr. Zhilong Hao
Tea, Camellia sinensis a new cash crop for Florida? Yes! Why & How? Tea
Peach & blueberry late frost / freeze damage https://site.extension.uga.edu/climate/2017/03/updated-damage-reports-from-southeast-freeze-last-week http://www.southeastfarmpress.com/orchard-crops/90-percent-south-carolina-s-peach-crop-destroyed Tea (Twisted twigs)
Citrus late frost / freeze damage http://citrusindustry.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/figure-2.jpg
Should we worry about it? No Tea late frost / freeze damage
Dr. Tea (Dr. Zhilong Hao, Tea Department, Fujian A&F University, China)
Tea (bud, 1 bud + 1 leaf, 1 bud + 2 leaves, 1 bud + 3 leaves)
Challenges Cultivar Adaptation? Mechanical Harvesting? Low Tea Price?
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
Challenges Select tea Cultivars UGA48-13 & UGA#16-16
Propagation by cuttings (need Greenhouse) A single node cutting
Container growing before planting
Two Brooks Tea Farm Land/Field preparation
Planting
Irrigation
Tea (flood damage)
Tea (establishment?)
Management
Management
Harvesting
Tea processing (make green, red, and white tea)
Packing tea (with Local Grown" logo)
Marketing Tea, Bottle Drinks, Matcha, Health & Cosmetic Products US$608.36/lb From amazon.com
Look forward to Florida Growing Tea! Tea
Thanks! Any Question? Tea By Dr. Zhilong Hao