Title: Tea: Present Status and Strategies to Improve Abiotic Stress Tolerance
Abstract: Chapter 54 Tea: Present Status and Strategies to Improve Abiotic Stress Tolerance Sanjay Kumar, Sanjay Kumar Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR), Division of Biotechnology, Palampur 176 061, IndiaSearch for more papers by this authorAsosii Paul, Asosii Paul Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR), Division of Biotechnology, Palampur 176 061, IndiaSearch for more papers by this authorAmita Bhattacharya, Amita Bhattacharya Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR), Division of Biotechnology, Palampur 176 061, IndiaSearch for more papers by this authorRam Kumar Sharma, Ram Kumar Sharma Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR), Division of Biotechnology, Palampur 176 061, IndiaSearch for more papers by this authorParamvir Singh Ahuja, Paramvir Singh Ahuja Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR), Division of Biotechnology, Palampur 176 061, IndiaSearch for more papers by this author Sanjay Kumar, Sanjay Kumar Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR), Division of Biotechnology, Palampur 176 061, IndiaSearch for more papers by this authorAsosii Paul, Asosii Paul Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR), Division of Biotechnology, Palampur 176 061, IndiaSearch for more papers by this authorAmita Bhattacharya, Amita Bhattacharya Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR), Division of Biotechnology, Palampur 176 061, IndiaSearch for more papers by this authorRam Kumar Sharma, Ram Kumar Sharma Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR), Division of Biotechnology, Palampur 176 061, IndiaSearch for more papers by this authorParamvir Singh Ahuja, Paramvir Singh Ahuja Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR), Division of Biotechnology, Palampur 176 061, IndiaSearch for more papers by this author Book Editor(s):Dr. Narendra Tuteja, Dr. Narendra Tuteja International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Plant Molecular Biology Group, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067, India MD University, Centre for Biotechnology, Rohtak 124 001, Haryana, IndiaSearch for more papers by this authorDr. Sarvajeet Singh Gill, Dr. Sarvajeet Singh Gill International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Plant Molecular Biology Group, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067, India Aligarh Muslim University, Department of Botany, Aligarh 202 002, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaSearch for more papers by this authorProf. Antonio F. Tiburcio, Prof. Antonio F. Tiburcio Universitat de Barcelona, Unitat de Fisiologia Vegetal, Facultat de Farmàcia, Av. Joan XXIII, S/N, 08028 Barcelona, SpainSearch for more papers by this authorDr. Renu Tuteja, Dr. Renu Tuteja International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Plant Molecular Biology Group, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067, IndiaSearch for more papers by this author First published: 14 March 2012 https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527632930.ch54Citations: 4 AboutPDFPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShareShare a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Summary Tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) is sensitive to several abiotic factors including low temperature, drought, frost, hail, and waterlogging. The published work largely relates to low temperature and drought, which are the most prominent environmental cues impacting tea survival and productivity. Low temperature leads to winter dormancy through a complex network wherein genes related to cell rescue, defense, and chaperones were upregulated, and the genes associated with cell cycle and DNA processing were downregulated. A positive correlation with the oxidative stress and winter dormancy necessitated modulating oxidative stress for regulating winter dormancy. Chaperonic activities and oxidative stress have also been reported to play prominent roles in modulating drought response of tea. Importantly, drought stress impaired catechins accumulation by downregulating several genes of the pathway. It is a critical parameter with the background that catechins are one of the important components determining the quality of black tea. In the area of genome mapping, bulk segregant analysis followed by complete genotyping of pseudo-test progeny of two heterozygous parental clones for yield, drought, and other important traits identified 260 informative RAPD and AFLP markers. 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