Biochemical and transcriptome analyses of a novel chlorophyll-deficient chlorina tea plant cultivar.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The tea plant (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) is one of the most economically important woody crops. Recently, many leaf color genotypes have been developed during tea plant breeding and have become valuable materials in the processing of green tea. Although the physiological characteristics of some leaf color mutants of tea plants have been partially revealed, little is known about the molecular mechanisms leading to the chlorina phenotype in tea plants.

Results

The yellow-leaf tea cultivar Zhonghuang 2 (ZH2) was selected during tea plant breeding. In comparison with Longjing 43 (LJ43), a widely planted green tea cultivar, ZH2 exhibited the chlorina phenotype and displayed significantly decreased chlorophyll contents. Transmission electron microscopy analysis

SUBMITTER: Wang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4276261 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature