Comparative response of catechin levels in drought tolerant and drought susceptible tea clones (Camellia sinensis) (L) O. Kuntze under different moisture regimes

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dc.contributor.authorLangat, Charles
dc.contributor.authorGathaara, Moses Hungu
dc.contributor.authorCheruiyot, Richard
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-16T08:22:51Z
dc.date.available2015-11-16T08:22:51Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionCrop Environment of Tea Research Foundation of Kenyaen_US
dc.description.abstractIn tea (Camellia sinensis) water stress generally affects the content of various plant secondary metabolites including catechins. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effects of different soil moisture content on the catechin levels of various tea clones. We found out that variation of soil water content and accumulation of catechins were strongly correlated. The experiment was conducted in an open field with the drought tolerant clones namely; SFS150, TRFK 303/577, and drought susceptible clones; TRFK 6/8, TRFK 12/9, TRFK 301/4, TRFK 31/11, S15/10, TRFK 7/9, TRFK 31/8, and BBK 35. During the cold and wet periods, the effect of plant water content on catechin level was not clearly expressed. However, significant clone × soil water content interactions (p≤ 0.05) were observed for all clones during the dry and hot periods. This observation indicated that declining plant water content (PWC) due to soil moisture stress reduced catechin levels. It was concluded that variation of catechin in various tea clones over different soil water content could be of great significance in evaluating water stress tolerance ability of tea clonesen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/13888
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAcademic Journalsen_US
dc.subjectCatechinsen_US
dc.subjectclonesen_US
dc.subjectwater contenten_US
dc.subjectdry and hot periodsen_US
dc.titleComparative response of catechin levels in drought tolerant and drought susceptible tea clones (Camellia sinensis) (L) O. Kuntze under different moisture regimesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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