Studying on Adoptability of Oolong Tea New Variety,Chunlan

To study on the adoptability of new variety with regional test, the Oolong tea-Chunlan was introduced to Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan provinces and planted for 6years from 2003 to 2009, the variety of Huangdan was planted meantime as control (CK) .During the testing period, the variety characteristics of Chunlan were investigated in aspects of plant survival rate, growth potential, phenological phase, fresh leave yield, tea making quality and stress tolerances.Resultsshowed that the new variety Chunlan was better than variety Huangdan in growth potential and strength at stress tolerances with high survival rate and good quality of processed tea.The data suggests that Chunlan is an early-maturing variety with excellent quality for making tea and adaptability for growing widely in plantation regions.