In the present book, a state-of-the-art on various aspects of breeding and biotechnology has been compiled in eight chapters. It is note-worthy to mention that some amounts of biotechnology works in several facets of tea and its wild species have also been done. Although conventional breeding is well-established and has contributed significantly for varietal improvement of this plant and other Camellia species with ornamental value, yet applications of biotechnology are required to intervene some of the issues where conventional breeding is restricted particularly for woody plants such as tea. Cultivation of tea is very important as it earns revenue for the tea growing nations especially the developing countries such as India. Tea is an important non-alcoholic beverage plant of the world.
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