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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (4): 111-117.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2023-0076

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Evaluation of Climatic Suitability of Fenghuang Dancong Tea Growth and Climatic Quality in Chaozhou

ZHANG Xiaorui1(), MIN Qingwen1,2,3(), TAN Kaiyan4   

  1. 1 College of Tourism, Beijing Union University, Beijing 100101
    2 Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101
    3 College of Resource and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049
    4 Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081
  • Received:2023-01-29 Revised:2023-07-14 Online:2024-02-05 Published:2024-01-29

Abstract:

The paper aims to explore the climatic advantages of growing Fenghuang Dancong tea in Chaozhou. The Fenghuang Dancong was taken as the research object, based on the climate observation data of Chaozhou station and Raoping station from 1991 to 2020, used the observed values of air temperature, humidity, precipitation and other elements of automatic meteorological observation stations at different heights in the region during 2019-2021 and the variation law of meteorological elements in hills and mountains in south China, the changes of climate mean values of meteorological elements with altitude were calculated. The Cauchy distribution model was applied to interpret the influence of climate elements on tea trees, the fuzzy mathematics method was used to calculate the climatic suitability of tea trees at different altitudes, and the climatic quality evaluation method was used to evaluate the tea leaf at different altitudes and in different picking seasons. The results showed that the overall comprehensive suitability of Fenghuang Dancong tea planting area was relatively high which demonstrates the region was very suitable for growing tea trees, especially in the layer from 300 meters to 900 meters above sea level.. The climatic quality of Fenghuang Dancong tea in different picking seasons was ranked as spring 1 tea, spring 2 tea, autumn tea and summer tea. At the same time, the quality of middle and high mountain tea leave is better than that of low mountain and flat land tea leave. This study reveals the climatic advantages of Fenghuang Dancong tea planting and the climatic background of the tea quality which provide the scientific base for the conservation and sustainable development of the China Nationally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems.

Key words: Fenghuang Dancong, climatic quality, climatic suitability, Fenghuang Dancong Tea Culture System in Chaozhou of Gongdong, China Nationally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (China-NIAHS), Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)