Stress Responses of Shade-Treated Tea Leaves to High Light Exposure after Removal of Shading

High-quality green tea is produced from buds and young leaves grown by the covering-culture method, which employs shading treatment for tea plants (<i>Camellia sinensis</i> L.). Shading treatment improves the quality of tea, but shaded tea plants undergo sudden exposures to high light (H...

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Main Authors: Satoshi Sano, Tetsuyuki Takemoto, Akira Ogihara, Kengo Suzuki, Takehiro Masumura, Shigeru Satoh, Kazufumi Takano, Yutaka Mimura, Shigeto Morita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-03-01
Series:Plants
Subjects:
tea
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/9/3/302