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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (16): 43-50.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2020-0337

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Short-Spike Cutting Propagation Techniques of Tea Tree in Northern Tea Area

Ren Zhihong1(), Wu Huanhuan1, Xiao Wenmin1, Zhang Hong1, Sun Haiwei1(), Dou Ling2, Wang Zhaoxiang3   

  1. 1Tai’an Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tai’an Shandong 271000
    2Agriculture and Rural Bureau of Taishan District, Tai’an Shandong 271000
    3Shandong Taishan Chaxigu Agricultural Development Co., Ltd., Tai’an Shandong 271000
  • Received:2020-08-07 Revised:2021-02-27 Online:2021-06-05 Published:2021-06-16
  • Contact: Sun Haiwei E-mail:rzhnky@163.com;shwhenry@163.com

Abstract:

A cutting propagation suitable for tea trees in northern tea areas is proposed to provide references for the selection and promotion of cold-resistant tea varieties. An orthogonal experiment of four factors by three levels [L9(34)] was applied to studying the effects of factors such as hormone type, cutting state, dip concentration and time on tea seedling development and cutting survival rate of ‘Zhongcha 108’. The results show that: the best combination is A1B3C3D3, in which, the cuttings are soaked in clear water and dip in 200 mg/L IBA for 30 min before cutting, and the survival rate is 81.3%; from primary to secondary, the effects of the 4 cutting factors are hormones type, cutting processing method, hormone dip time and hormone concentration. Under the treatment of different hormone types, the aboveground development data of tea seedlings show that IBA+NAA treatment is beneficial to the increase of leaf number and dry weight; the root development phenotype of tea seedlings indicates that the root composition under the IBA+NAA treatment is reasonable, which is conducive to the coordinated growth of first-level lateral roots, extended roots and absorption roots in the root system; the analysis of root system development indicators show that IBA+NAA treatment could maximize the growth of total root length, total surface area, root volume, number of root tips and biomass of the root system. The optimal cutting combination is: the cuttings are soaked in clean water immediately after beveling, and then planted into the matrix after dipping 30 min in hormone combination IBA (200 mg/L) + NAA (200 mg/L). Under the optimal combination of cuttings, the cutting propagation characteristics of 27 tea tree varieties are quite different. The cutting survival rate is 91.1% at the highest, 12.17% at the lowest, and 11 tea varieties have the survival rate higher than 80%. The research results have strong applicability in northern tea tree cuttings, and can provide technical support for the selection and promotion of tea varieties.

Key words: northern tea areas, tea tree, cold-resistant tea varieties, clonal tea tree varieties, ‘Zhongcha 108’, cuttings, hormones, survival rate, variety specificity

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