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Title	Tea Cultivation and Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Kangra Valley

Creator	Sankhian, Anurag

Subject	633.72 Tea

Description	Tea is a natural beverage brewed from the leaves of evergreen plant called camellia sinesis of the family Theacea. The cultivated tea varieties are mainly of three types: First, The China type (Thea sinensis) is a shrub growing up to 1 to 3 metres in height and nearly erect branches arising from the base of the plant at the ground level. Leaves are small, deep green, thick and erect (Mondal and mondal, 2006), Second, The Assam type {Camellia assamica (Masters)}, the variety where the plant grows to 10-15 metres and looks like a small tree (Randhawa, 1962). It has a thick distinct trunk, sometimes up to one third of its height and branches are also ramifying with large leaf and, Third is Cambodiensis type (Camellia Assamica sub sp. Lasiocalyx) which is a Cambodian variety of ascending main stem reaching a height of 6-8 metres when fully grown. The prominent feature of this plant is the blood-red colouration of the mature leaves in autumn (Paul, 2000).

Date	2007

Type	Thesis NonPeerReviewed

Format	text

Language	en

Identifier	http://hillagricrepository.co.in/284/1/14088a.pdf Sankhian, Anurag (2007) Tea Cultivation and Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Kangra Valley. Doctoral thesis, HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar.

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