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Introduction to the Tea Plant Cultivar Qianmei 809

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Crop type: Tea plant Cultivar name: Qianmei 809 Breeding institution: Guizhou Provincial Tea Research Institute Variety source: Fuding Dabaicha x Qianmei 412 Provincial approval status: Approved in 1999 by the Guizhou Provincial Crop Variety Approval Committee Characteristics: Belongs to the small tree type, large-leaf class, medium-season cultivar. Has a distinct main trunk, branches semi-spreading, leaves slightly upward-slanting in arrangement. Average leaf length is 14.2 cm, width 6.7 cm, leaf veins 9-11 pairs, leaf surface raised, leaf tip acuminate

Crop type: Tea plant

Cultivar name: Qianmei 809

Breeding institution: Guizhou Provincial Tea Research Institute

Variety source: Fuding Dabaicha x Qianmei 412

Provincial approval status: Approved in 1999 by the Guizhou Provincial Crop Variety Approval Committee

Characteristics: Belongs to the small tree type, large-leaf class, medium-season cultivar. Has a distinct main trunk, branches semi-spreading, leaves slightly upward-slanting in arrangement. Average leaf length is 14.2 cm, width 6.7 cm, leaf veins 9-11 pairs, leaf surface raised, leaf tip acuminate, leaf color light green, long elliptic. Buds and leaves densely covered with fine hairs, light green, weight of 100 buds of one bud and three leaves is 113.0 g. Dry sample of one bud and two leaves contains tea polyphenols 30.52%, amino acids 1.51%, caffeine 3.93%, total catechins 19.95%. Black tea quality is similar to the control cultivar Qianmei 419. Relatively strong cold resistance.

Yield performance: In variety comparison trials from 1986 to 1990, average fresh leaf yield per mu was 279.9 kg, 66.11% higher than Fuding Dabaicha. During national regional trials from 1997 to 2001, it was 37.2-81.81% higher than the green tea control cultivar Fuding Dabaicha, and 0.00-41.49% higher than the black tea control cultivar Qianmei 419.

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