Biological Characters of New Tea Germplasms with Reddishviolet Shoots
Biological characters and different compositions of ten new tea germplasms with reddishviolet shoots were investigated and analyzed systematically in this study.The results showed that the 10 strains were trees or small trees with strong growth potentiality;the reddish purple of shoots was correlated positively with the content of anthocyanidin;the leaf colour of all strains was the darkest in summer,except "Danfeng" and "Hongye 4"the darkest in spring and in autumn,separately.These results suggested that the leaf colour and the anthocyanidin content of reddishviolet shoots were controlled by environment and inherent factors concurrently.