Abstract

ENVIRONMENT MONITORING OF TEA LEAVES AGAINST COMMERCIAL FOLIAR SPRAY BY PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS

Gunasundari G., Sheela R. and Poonguzhali T. V.

Abstract

Foliar spray of chemical on commercial foliage products such as greens, tea leaves and vegetables causes a ditrect lethal effect to the consumer. Hence the present work has been carried out as a check against three commercial brands of Tea leaf dust such as Three roses tea, Ooty tea and Green tea phytochemical analysis of these brands showed that the secondary metabolites were present. Glycosides and alkloids were totally absent in all the three brands steroids and flavonoids were absent in Three roses tea and green tea. The reduction in the phytochemicals may be direct link towards the cultural practices.

Keywords: Foliar spray, Tea leaf dust, Phytochemical.