APPLICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ‘GREEN’ PREVENTIVE AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES IN GUIZHOU TEA PLANTATIONS

Highlights

● Application of plant defense inducers against tea diseases.

● Application of natural enemies against insect pests.

● Application of Trifolium repens against weeds.

Abstract

The application and development of ‘green’ preventive technologies in tea plantations is an important means of ensuring tea quality and ecological safety. Ecological, agronomic and biological controls are the main preventive measures used in Guizhou Province. This paper summarizes the ‘green’ preventive technologies being applied in Guizhou tea plantations, including the use of plant defense inducers to regulate tea plant responses to pathogens, natural enemies to control pest species causing damage to shoots and Trifolium repens to control the main weed species. In addition, it summarizes the integrated ‘green’ preventive technologies being used in Guizhou and provides a foundation for the ecological maintenance of tea plantations.

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Keywords

‘green’ prevention / natural enemies / plant defense inducers / tea plantations / Trifolium repens

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31960546), and the Program Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities in China (111 Program, D20023).

Compliance with ethics guidelines

Xiangyang Li, Linhong Jin, Zhuo Chen, and Baoan Song declare that they have no conflicts of interest or financial conflicts to disclose. This article does not contain any study with human or animal subjects performed by any of the authors.

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