Sustainable tea plantations: Harnessing chemical-microbial synergy and smart application triangulation for targeted weed control

作者：Lan Chen, Xiaolong Yang, Zuanxian Su, Xiong Guan, Zixuan Wang, Tianpei Huang · 发表于：Journal of Advanced Research · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.1016/j.jare.2025.10.054 · 被引用次数：1 · 研究领域：Weed Control and Herbicide Applications、Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions、Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies

BACKGROUND: Over 200 weed species-predominantly from the Poaceae and Asteraceae families-infest tea plantations. These weeds compete aggressively with tea plants for essential resources (light, water, and nutrients), serve as reservoirs for pathogens and pests, and bioaccumulate phytotoxic compounds (e.g., pyrrolizidine alkaloids and heavy metals), jeopardizing agroecosystem health. Although chemical herbicides are currently the most effective and economical method, their long-term overuse poses ecological risks and threatens agricultural sustainability, highlighting an urgent need for sustainable alternatives. Although chemical herbicides remain the most effective and economical method, their long-term overuse causes ecological risks and challenges agricultural sustainability. AIM OF REVIEW: This review synthesizes current knowledge on sustainable weed management in tea plantations by evaluating the strengths and limitations of chemical and microbial herbicides. It further advances the novel concepts of chemical-microbial synergy and smart application triangulation-integrated strategies not explicitly addressed in previous reviews-that provide new directions for developing next-generation sustainable weed control. KEY SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS OF REVIEW: This review systematically examines three critical aspects of weed management in tea plantations: (1) characterizing weed biodiversity and assessing multidimensional threats through taxonomic profiling of invasive species, with pa...