(Press-News.org) China, the world's largest tea producer, is predicted to experience increases in land suitable for tea-growing under climate change, with the overall range shifting northwards, per AI modeling study
Article URL: http://plos.io/4murlYk
Article title: Prediction of changes in suitable habitats for tea plants in China’s four major tea-producing regions based on machine learning models
Author countries: China
Funding: This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 42061004), the Yunnan Agricultural Infrastructure Joint Program (Grant No. 202101BD070001-093), and the Ten Thousand Talent Plans for Young Top-notch Talents of Yunnan Province (Grant No. 20210021).
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China, the world's largest tea producer, is predicted to experience increases in land suitable for tea-growing under climate change, with the overall range shifting northwards, per AI modeling study
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