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Basic Introduction to LuoTian HoneysuckleLuoTian Honeysuckle is a specialty product of LuoTian County, Hubei Province. Located at the southern foot of Dabie Mountain, LuoTian County has a moderate climate with abundant rainfall, rich in honeysuckle resources, distinctive appearance, intense fragrance, and high effective components. It was awarded protection as a Chinese Geographical Indication product in 2011. Nutritional Value1. Anti-pathogenic microorganism effect. It has inhibitory effects on various pathogenic bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus hemolyticus, Escherichia coli, dysentery bacillus, Vibrio cholerae, typhoid bacillus, paratyphoid bacillus, etc.2. It has antibacterial and bactericidal effects on pneumococcus, meningococcus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, tubercle bacilli, Shigella dysenteriae, Streptococcus mutans, etc., and inhibitory effects on influenza virus, orphan virus, herpes virus, leptospira.3. Anti-inflammatory and detoxifying effects, it has a strong effect in dispersing abscesses and reducing swelling, clearing heat and detoxifying, and anti-inflammatory for carbuncles, enteritis, and lung abscess.4. Heat-dispersing and pathogen-repelling effects, it has certain effects on exogenous wind-heat or the initial stages of febrile diseases, fever, headache, irritability, insomnia, dark red tongue, dry throat, and dry mouth.5. Cooling blood and stopping dysentery effects, it is effective against heat-toxic dysentery, bloody dysentery, wet-heat obstruction, and sore throat.6. Honeysuckle tea tastes sweet, is cold in nature, and…

Tea plants are perennial evergreen shrubs, and environmental pollutants accumulate in tea gardens and within the plants over time. Due to their large leaf surface area, tea plants have a higher initial deposition of pesticides or adsorb higher concentrations of environmental pollutants under the same dosage and air pollution levels compared to other crops. With multiple harvests per year, the interval between pesticide application and harvest is short, reducing the time for pesticide degradation. After picking, tea leaves are directly processed into dried tea, which is then steeped for consumption, causing any pesticide residues or pollutants to leach into the tea infusion based on their solubility. Therefore, the ecological environment of tea gardens and the quality safety of tea products receive significant attention. I. Development of Pest Management Technologies in China 1. Traditional Control Stage Before the 1940s, tea gardens were scattered and sporadic, with relatively few pest outbreaks. Pest control technologies were also rudimentary. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, although tea production rapidly developed, pest management in tea gardens remained at the stage of agricultural control measures and the use of plant-based pesticides. Although this period was technologically primitive from an ecological perspective, the populations…

Due to the influence of multiple low-temperature cold waves last winter and this spring, there is a trend toward increased occurrence of diseases such as tea blister blight. The main diseases and pests occurring in tea gardens across the country include the tea green leafhopper, gray tea looper, tea looper, tea hairy caterpillar, tea thrips, pest mites, black tea scale, angular tea leaf beetle, tea lace bug, green plant bug, tea blister blight, and anthracnose. To effectively control the major tea tree diseases and pests in 2024 and ensure tea production and quality safety, the National Agricultural Technical Extension Center has developed this plan. Control Objectives Achieve a treatment rate of over 90% for major diseases and pests, an overall control efficacy of over 80%, keep the loss due to disease and pest damage under 8%, and reach a green control coverage rate of over 60%. Control Strategy Implement a green control strategy for tea tree diseases and pests based on ecological regulation and agronomic measures, with a focus on physical and chemical luring control and biological control, supplemented by scientific use of pesticides. Prioritize fitness cultivation, immunological induction, sex pheromone trapping, light trapping, color board trapping, biopesticides, and protection…

Severe Infestation of Tea Looper How to Cope, Find Out Here It is currently late summer and early autumn, with cool weather in the morning and evening. This year has seen more rain than usual, resulting in vigorous growth of tea plants with lush green leaves, providing rich food for tea plant pests. According to investigations into the infestation of tea loopers in Longwu tea gardens, various age groups of larvae coexist, with severe overlapping generations. In some severely affected areas of tea gardens, the older leaves have been completely consumed, affecting the growth of tea plants, which requires close attention from tea garden managers. Due to differences in cultivation and management practices among individual households, the timing of infestations and the degree of damage vary across different tea gardens, making pest control challenging. It is essential to strengthen pest monitoring through field observations and the use of trapping devices, promptly understanding the dynamics of pest outbreaks and implementing appropriate measures: 1. Turn on insect-killing lamps, taking advantage of the fact that adult tea loopers are most active between 8:00 PM and 10:00 PM. Set the operating times of the lamps accordingly, ideally using a light-controlled mode where they automatically…

The integrated approach to green precision prevention and control of major tea pests involves using core technologies such as narrow-band LED insect traps, yellow-red dual-color insect-attracting boards, and efficient sex pheromone lures to maintain target pest populations at a low level through long-term and efficient trapping. This is complemented by biological preventive measures, such as spraying inchworm virus preparations and releasing predatory mites, along with good agricultural practices to control pest populations. Finally, highly efficient, low water-soluble chemical pesticides are used as emergency measures in the event of large-scale pest outbreaks. In recent years, tea plant protection scientists have conducted extensive research on pest control techniques, developing effective green precision prevention and control technologies for tea pests. Below, we will use three of the most important pests in Chinese tea gardens—the gray inchworm, the tea inchworm, and the tea tiny green leafhopper—as examples. Integrated Approach to Green Precision Prevention and Control of Major Tea Pests I. Green Precision Prevention and Control Technology Model for Gray Inchworm and Tea Inchworm Note: “√” indicates the selected control technique at the corresponding time. The same applies below. 1. Core Key Technologies (1) Sex Pheromone Lures. Based on the severity of the previous year,…