Genetic Breeding and Quality Improvement of Tea
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 902
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the recent publication of the high-quality tea reference sequences and re-sequencing data from different tea accessions, advances in tea plant research have been achieved, from secondary metabolism to genetic mechanism exploration and from nutrient absorption to novel genes relating to quality changes, all of which have increased our understanding of the genetics and breeding of tea significantly. Among them, phenotypic changes including flavonoids, amino acids, caffeine, appearance or responses to environmental factors in special tea varieties attract the attention of both consumers and scientists. These changing phenotypes are closely associated with certain key genes, which are largely unknown. Exploring these genes and understanding their underlying mechanisms will improve tea breeding in the future.
This Special Issue of Plants will highlight the exploration of new genes and their potential molecular mechanisms, such as changes in tea quality, fertility and agronomy traits, as well as stress responses. Research papers related to tea propagation and new technologies in tea breeding, as well as review papers, are welcome.
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Liyuan Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
- molecular mechanism
- secondary metabolites
- stress response
- nitrogen absorption
- quality-related components
- genetic identification
- QTL mapping
- molecular functional markers
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