Shelter Function Analysis on Anjibaicha Growth in the Model of Tea Plant Intercropping with Trees

Growth of Anjibaicha(Camellia sinensis cv. anjibaicha)plantation in the four kinds of agroforestry models of Anjibaicha intercropping with trees has been investigated respectively in February and May of 1997 in the Forest Research Institute of Anji County,Zhejiang Province. The result indicates that although it has restrained to sprout the amount of buds of Anjibaicha tree,the agroforestry models of Anjibaicha intercropping with sweet scented osmanthus(Osmanthus fragrans),an evergreen tree species with thick branches and leaves and low and small crown,can not only greatly reduce the damage proportion of tender sprouts and new leaves suffered from early spring chill and sunlight burn in early summer during the white leaf stage of Anjibacha, but also provide with favourable conditions for prolonging the time of its albescent stage in spring. Thus,it becomes possible to obtain higher and stabler yields of Anjibaicha plantation.