The unique feature of the book is the incorporation and synthesis of available knowledge on more operative aspects of tea cultivation, ranging from the history of 5000 years old crop, nursery, planting materials, fertilizer management, pesticide residues, biological control, integrated pest and disease management, organic tea and many more. The present comprehensive book provides adequate information emanated from current and classical research on tea world over, backed by discussions on different facets of tea cultivation and opens up new vistas of discoveries for researchers as well as serve as a vade-mecum for the vigilant tea growers, and offers alternate solutions of persistent problems for policy planners. Relevant interesting information/research findings have been provided in boxes in most of the chapters. Colour photographs, useful diagrams have also been reproduced.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR N. Ghosh Hajra
N. Ghosh Hajra is Project Director, heading the Darjeeling Tea research and Development Centre, tea Board of India. He acquired his Master’s Degree from the University of Calcutta, and a doctorate from Burdwan University. A recipient of CSIR Post Doctoral Scholarship, Dr. N. Ghosh Hajra was a visiting scientist at the invitation of the University of Antwerpen in Belgium. A frequently invited speaker at several conference including those held at Bordeau, France, Beijing, China, Brussels, Belgium and Shizuoka, japan, he is associated with different professional bodies including Academy of plant Sciences, India, and Society for the Plantation Crops. Dr. N. Ghosh Hajra has authored nearly one hundred research papers, monographs in professional journals of international repute and four books besides large number of popular articles for which he has received awards and a gold medal.
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