New Cultivar of China Hybrid Tea Him Sphurti

摘要

CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT) has developed a new cultivar of china hybrid tea, HIM SPHURTI CSIR-IHBT-T-01. The conventional technique of selection aided the development of cultivar from a vast heterozygous china hybrid seed-raised population. The cultivar shows excellent performance with respect to rooting and early establishment. Also, the yield is 50-80% higher than the recommended cultivar in the region. The cultivar has the potential of yielding 2500 kg made tea/ha after the first pruning cycle. The tea retains the characteristic flavour of Kangra tea.