TY - JOUR AU - Tran Hoang AU - Vu Thang AU - Dang Thu AU - Nguyen Binh AU - Nguyen Toan AU - Dinh Hoang PY - 2021/08/10 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Effects of Mineral Fertilizer Doses and Ratios on Tea Yield and Quality JF - Vietnam Journal of Agricultural Sciences JA - vjas VL - 4 IS - 2 SE - AGRONOMY DO - 10.31817/vjas.2021.4.2.01 UR - https://vjas.vnua.edu.vn/index.php?journal=vjas&page=article&op=view&path[]=212 AB - Mineral nutrients are essential to plant growth and development. The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of mineral fertilizer doses and N:P:K ratio on growth, yield, and raw material quality of the tea variety PH10 to improve the production of high-quality tea products. The field experiment was conducted from 2015 to 2017. A two-factor experiment was designed by split-plot design with three replications. The mainplot treatments were three fertilizer doses of N  for one metric ton of fresh shoot products (30, 40, and 50 kg N ha-1). The subplot treatments were two NPK ratios (3:1:1 and 3:1:2). Plant height, leaf canopy, plant diameter, shoot yield parameters, shoot components, biochemical compounds, and sensory quality for Oolong and Sencha tea products were evaluated. The results showed that increasing fertilizer doses from 30 up to 40 kg N per ton of fresh product improved remarkably growth, yield, and tea quality of PH10 variety. Different fertilizer ratios resulted in variations in plant growth, the content of carbohydrate, sensory quality for taste and flavor as well as total sensory quality with higher values at NPK ratio of 3:1:2. Applying mineral fertilizer with an NPK ratio of 3:1:2 and 40kg N per ton of fresh shoot products was recommended to bring about the most benefits of tea yield and quality as well as economic profit. ER -