Publications by authors named "Qin-Zeng Xiang"
Tea is a popular beverage with characteristic functional and flavor qualities, known to be rich in bioactive metabolites such as tea polyphenols and theanine. Recently, tea varieties with variations in leaf color have been widely used in agriculture production due to their potential advantages in terms of tea quality. Numerous studies have used genome, transcriptome, metabolome, proteome, and lipidome methods to uncover the causes of leaf color variations and investigate their impacts on the accumulation of crucial bioactive metabolites in tea plants.
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- The study focuses on the challenges of establishing a stable somatic embryo system in tea plants, which hinders genetic research and breeding efforts.
- Researchers utilized transcriptome analysis to identify patterns of gene expression during different stages of somatic embryogenesis, revealing a significant number of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) at various developmental stages.
- The results highlighted key metabolic processes, particularly carbohydrate metabolism and photosynthesis, that are crucial for somatic embryogenesis, providing a deeper understanding of the mechanisms involved and aiding future breeding strategies.