Effects of pruning on tea tree growth, tea quality, and rhizosphere soil microbial community.

ABSTRACT: Pruning is an important agronomic measure in tea plantation management. This study analyzed the effects of pruning on tea tree growth, tea quality, rhizosphere soil physicochemical indexes, microbial communities, and metabolic pathways. The results showed that pruning was beneficial for promoting tea tree growth and increasing tea yield, but not for the synthesis and accumulation of quality-related compounds in tea leaves. After pruning, organic matter, available phosphorus content and catalase, acid phosphatase, and sucrase activities in rhizosphere soil were significantly higher than those in unpruned tea trees, while total phosphorus, total potassium, and available nitrogen content were significantly lower than those in unpruned tea trees. The results of microbial community analysis of

SUBMITTER: Zhang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10655597 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature