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Detailed Introduction to the Gancha No. 2 Tea Tree Variety

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Variety Approval Number: National Tea Approval 2002006 Crop Type: Tea Tree Variety Name: Gancha No. 2 Breeding Unit: Tea Research Institute of Zhanggongshan Reclamation Farm, Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province Variety Source: Fuding Dabaicha x Wuyuan population variety (natural hybridization) Provincial Approval Status: Approved in 1993 by the Jiangxi Provincial Crop Variety Approval Committee Characteristics: Belongs to the small tree type, medium-leaf class, early-season variety. Tree posture semi-spreading, medium branching, leaves arranged in an upward-slanting manner. Leaves elliptical, leaf color light green, buds and leaves light green, abundant pubescence,

Variety Approval Number: National Tea Approval 2002006

Crop Type: Tea Tree

Variety Name: Gancha No. 2

Breeding Unit: Tea Research Institute of Zhanggongshan Reclamation Farm, Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province

Variety Source: Fuding Dabaicha x Wuyuan population variety (natural hybridization)

Provincial Approval Status: Approved in 1993 by the Jiangxi Provincial Crop Variety Approval Committee

Characteristics: Belongs to the small tree type, medium-leaf class, early-season variety. Tree posture semi-spreading, medium branching, leaves arranged in an upward-slanting manner. Leaves elliptical, leaf color light green, buds and leaves light green, abundant pubescence, weight of 100 buds at the one bud and three leaves stage is 71.7 grams. Quality of green tea made from it is similar to Fuding Dabaicha. Relatively strong cold resistance.

Yield Performance: At the breeding unit's 8-mu experimental tea garden, the yield of dry tea per mu was 154.6 kg in 1987 and 230.2 kg in 1990. During the national regional trial from 1997 to 2001, compared with the control variety Fuding Dabaicha, it was 25.73% lower at the Hangzhou site and 84.63% higher at the Changsha site.

Key Cultivation Techniques: Follow conventional cultivation practices.

Review Opinion of the National Variety Approval Committee: After review, it meets the national variety approval standards and has passed approval. Suitable for planting in the tea regions of Hunan, Jiangxi, southern Hubei, and southern Anhui.

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