No Genetic Modification Required to Improve Tea Plants

Russian scientists work for making tea plants more resistant to drought and definitely have some success.

Tea plants love water and evaporate it quite actively. Russia has the only site, suitable for growing tea – the Black sea coast, Krasnodar region; however, the climate there is hot and dry. Scientists recommend growing right kinds of tea plants.

Scientists spent over 10 years comparing various kinds of tea plants and found the one, which survived dry times best of all - it is the “Kartum” sort.

Source: No Genetic Modification Required to Improve Tea Plants