The Chemical Composition and Transcriptome Analysis Reveal the Mechanism of Color Formation in Tea () Pericarp.

To elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying the differential metabolism of albino (white), green, and purple pericarp coloration, biochemical profiling and transcriptome sequencing analyses were performed on three different tea pericarps, Zhongbaiyihao ( L. var. Zhongbai), Jinxuan ( L.