Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals key pathways and genes involved in trichome development in tea plant (Camellia sinensis).

ABSTRACT: Trichomes, which develop from epidermal cells, are considered one of the important characteristics of the tea plant [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze]. Many nutritional and metabolomic studies have indicated the important contributions of trichomes to tea products quality. However, understanding the regulation of trichome formation at the molecular level remains elusive in tea plants. Herein, we present a genome-wide comparative transcriptome analysis between the hairless Chuyeqi (CYQ) with fewer trichomes and the hairy Budiaomao (BDM) with more trichomes tea plant genotypes, toward the identification of biological processes and functional gene activities that occur during trichome development. In the present study, trichomes in both cultivars CYQ and BDM were unicellular, unbranche

SUBMITTER: Chen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9546587 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature