Global Tea Breeding: Achievements, Challenges and Perspectives provides a global review on biodiversity and biotechnology issues in tea breeding and selection. The contributions are written by experts from China, India, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Turkey, Indonesia, Japan, Bangladesh, Korea, Nigeria, and etc., which countries amount to 90% of the world tea production. This book focuses on the germplasm, breeding and selection of tea cultivars for the production of black, green and Oolong teas from the tea plant, Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze. It can benefit the tea breeders in the global tea industry, as well as the breeders of other woody cash crops like coffee and other sub-tropical fruit trees.

Liang Chen is a Professor and Associate Director at National Center for Tea Improvement, Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (TRICAAS), Hangzhou, China.

Zeno Apostolides is a Professor at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Zong-Mao Chen is the Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a Professor at the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China.

Delicious and Healthy Tea: An Overview

Tea Germplasm and Breeding in China
Breeding of the Tea Plant (Camellia sinensis) in India
Tea Plant (Camellia sinensis) Breeding in Sri Lanka
Tea Improvement in Kenya
Japanese Tea Breeding History and the Future Perspective
Breeding of Tea Plant (Camellia sinensis) in Vietnam
Tea Plant (Camellia sinensis) Breeding in Korea
Tea Germplasm and Improvement in Bangladesh
The Development of High Yielding Tea Clones to Increase Indonesian Tea Production
The Tea Industry and Improvements in Turkey
Tea Improvement in Nigeria
Genetics and Chemistry of the Resistance of Tea Plant to Pests
Germplasm and Breeding Research of Tea Plant Based on DNA Marker Approaches.