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Detailed introduction to the tea plant cultivar Wannong 111

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Variety approval number: Guoshen Tea 2002009 Crop type: Tea plant Variety name: Wannong 111 Breeding institution: Anhui Agricultural University Variety source: Developed by CO60 irradiation of Yunnan large-leaf tea seeds Provincial approval status: Approved in 1996 by the Anhui Provincial Crop Variety Approval Committee Characteristics: Belongs to the small tree type, large-leaf class, medium-season cultivar. The tree posture is semi-spreading, with leaves borne horizontally. Leaf shape is elliptical, leaf color is dark green, leaf surface is raised, leaf tip is acute, leaf

Variety approval number: Guoshen Tea 2002009

Crop type: Tea plant

Variety name: Wannong 111

Breeding institution: Anhui Agricultural University

Variety source: Developed by CO60 irradiation of Yunnan large-leaf tea seeds

Provincial approval status: Approved in 1996 by the Anhui Provincial Crop Variety Approval Committee

Characteristics: Belongs to the small tree type, large-leaf class, medium-season cultivar. The tree posture is semi-spreading, with leaves borne horizontally. Leaf shape is elliptical, leaf color is dark green, leaf surface is raised, leaf tip is acute, average leaf length is 12.9 cm, width is 5.3 cm, with 9 pairs of veins. Dry samples of one bud and two leaves contain 4.7% amino acids, 30.4% tea polyphenols, and 5.9% caffeine. Suitable for making black tea and green tea; the quality of green tea made from it is similar to that of Fuding Dabaicha; the quality of black tea made from it is comparable to that of Qianmei 419. Cold resistance is moderate.

Yield performance: In comparative trials from 1981 to 1988, the total fresh leaf yield over 5 years was 1234.75 kg per mu, 21.46% higher than Fuding Dabaicha. During the national regional trial from 1997 to 2001, at the Hangzhou site it was 68.21% lower than the green tea control cultivar Fuding Dabaicha due to freezing damage, at the Guilin site it was 32.03% higher than Fuding Dabaicha, and 2.74% higher than the black tea control cultivar Qianmei 419.

Key cultivation techniques: 1. Lower the height of the first formative pruning, at 13-14 cm above ground, the second at 20 cm, the third at 30 cm, and the fourth at 40 cm, to increase the number of branching layers in the lower part. 2. Pay attention to preventing freezing damage in winter.

Approval opinion of the National Variety Approval Committee: After review, it meets the national variety approval standards and has passed approval. It is suitable for planting in tea regions such as southern Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, and Chongqing.

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