Advances in Tea Tree Metabolism and Genetics
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 December 2024 | Viewed by 162
Special Issue Editor
Interests: tea tree; herbivores; tea tree resistance; tea tree breeding; tea tree protection
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Dear Colleagues,
The tea tree, Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze, is an economically important, perennial woody plant rich in secondary metabolites. The characteristic secondary metabolites which are mainly produced in the leaves during the process of plant growth give tea its unique qualities and are beneficial to human health. Upon biotic and abiotic stresses, the tea tree deals with the adverse situation by accumulating defensive secondary metabolites in its leaves, stems and roots.
With the publication of high-quality reference sequences of tea plants and re-sequencing data from different tea accessions, great advances have been made in tea plant biology, which in turn extend our understanding of tea plant genetics and metabolism. Several advanced genomics and phenomics technologies have already been utilized in the investigation of tea tree metabolism to meet demands for improved quality and address multiple challenges through breeding high-quality and resistant varieties. This Special Issue of IJMS welcomes original research and review articles that present recent advances in the field, with a focus on tea tree metabolism and genetics.
Dr. Xiaoling Sun
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- tea tree
- secondary metabolite
- genetic transformation
- genetic breeding
- tea germplasm improvement
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