Status of Tea <i>[Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze] </i>Industry; Research Attainments, and Future Scenarios in Ethiopia: A Review

Mohammedsani Zakir; Melaku Addisu; Desalegn Alemayehu; Dawit Merga; Lemi Beksisa

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Status of Tea [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze] Industry; Research Attainments, and Future Scenarios in Ethiopia: A Review

Mohammedsani Zakir^*, Melaku Addisu, Desalegn Alemayehu, Dawit Merga, Lemi Beksisa

Published in American Journal of Plant Biology (Volume 8, Issue 4)

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Tea is one of the most popular cash crop and lowest cost beverages in the world, and consumed more than three billion cups daily worldwide. It is a new crop to Ethiopia which introduced in the early 19^th century. The main objectives of government commencement to a tea industry were to be self-sufficient in domestic consumption and save the foreign exchange spent for importing, to supply for export market by increasing the production and quality through time and, to create employment opportunity particularly for youth and women who involved in the sector. Currently, fourteen tea clones are available in the country of which ten clones are extensively cultivated while the others are under maintenance for genetic improvement purposes. As future focus area of tea research at Jimma Agricultural Research Center, the improvement of tea yield, cup quality, and resistance to pests are among the prominent breeding programs. This could be achieved through the use of conventional and molecular techniques which are the best methods of obtaining genetic variation, and new varieties. From the research efforts made so far, the characterization of thirteen tea clones for desirable morphological traits and important biochemical parameters have been undertaken under contrasting environments, and potential tea clones that could be utilized in various breeding objectives have been determined. The future prospects of tea breeding and genetics include, genetic enhancement via developing open pollinated progeny and purposive crossing manually, and application of molecular marker assisted technique to effectively conduct early-stage appraisal. Generally, integrated classical with molecular breeding is highly recommended in the future tea research in order to cope up the current technology demand and generate climate smart varieties.

Published in	American Journal of Plant Biology (Volume 8, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajpb.20230804.14
Page(s)	97-105
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Achievements, Camellia sinensis, Clone, Ethiopia, Research, Utilization

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Zakir M, Addisu M, Alemayehu D, Merga D, Beksisa L. Status of Tea [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze] Industry; Research Attainments, and Future Scenarios in Ethiopia: A Review. Am J Plant Biol. 2023;8(4):97-105. doi: 10.11648/j.ajpb.20230804.14

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Mohammedsani Zakir

Department of Coffee and Tea Breeding and Genetics, Jimma Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Department of Coffee and Tea Breeding and Genetics, Jimma Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Desalegn Alemayehu

Department of Coffee and Tea Breeding and Genetics, Jimma Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Dawit Merga

Department of Coffee and Tea Breeding and Genetics, Jimma Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Lemi Beksisa

Department of Coffee and Tea Breeding and Genetics, Jimma Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Zakir M, Addisu M, Alemayehu D, Merga D, Beksisa L. Status of Tea [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze] Industry; Research Attainments, and Future Scenarios in Ethiopia: A Review. Am J Plant Biol. 2023;8(4):97-105. doi: 10.11648/j.ajpb.20230804.14

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