Effects of extreme climate events on tea (Camellia sinensis) functional quality validate indigenous farmer knowledge and sensory preferences in Tropical China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Ahmed, Selena ^a,b,c   Stepp, John Richard ^c,d   Orians, Colin ^b   Griffin, Timothy ^b   Matyas, Corene ^d   Robbat, Albert ^b   Cash, Sean ^b   Xue, Dayuan ^c   Long, Chunlin ^c   Unachukwu, Uchenna ^e   Buckley, Sarabeth ^b   Small, David ^f   Kennelly, Edward ^c,e  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MINZU UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d University of Gainesville   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GALLIC ACID; GALLOCATECHIN; METHYLXANTHINE; THEOBROMINE; THEOPHYLLINE; ANTIOXIDANT; POLYPHENOL; RAIN; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGROECOSYSTEM; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; DROUGHT; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; HARVESTING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT YIELD; PRECIPITATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SEASONAL RAIN FOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; VALIDATION PROCESS; WINTER; AGRICULTURE; BEVERAGE; CHEMISTRY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

AGRICULTURE; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEVERAGES; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CATECHIN; CHINA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCE; KNOWLEDGE; POLYPHENOLS; RAIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSATION; TROPICAL CLIMATE; XANTHINES;

EID: 84907720533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109126     Document Type: Article

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