Abamectin in Tea and Tea Liquor Under Northeastern Indian Climatic Conditions

Tea (Camellia sinensis) is the second most consumed beverage after water and about one and a half billion cups of tea is consumed daily all over the world. India is the highest producer of tea in the world. Tea is being cultivated mainly in noreast and south India and is attacked by a variety of pests, wich multiply rapidly, and cultivators apply a combination of several types of pesticides over larger areas to combat these pests.