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An interspecific hybrid between tea (Camellia sinensis L.) andC. Japonica L.

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A single seedling produced by crossing a tetraploid tea plantCamellia sinensis (2n=60) withC. japonica (2n=30) resembled some of the “China-hybrids” and Gambod varieties of tea in cultivation. This suggests that natural hybrids between the two species must have occurred in the past.

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  1. Tea Research Association, Tocklai Experimental Station, Jorhat-8, Assam

    H. P. Bezbaruah & S. C. Gogoi

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  1. H. P. Bezbaruah
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Communicated by Dr. E. K. Janaki Ammal,f.a.sc.

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Bezbaruah, H.P., Gogoi, S.C. An interspecific hybrid between tea (Camellia sinensis L.) andC. Japonica L.. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 76, 219–220 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03051320

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