Lidiia Samarina, Jaroslava Fedorina, Daria Kuzmina, Lyudmila Malyukova, Karina Manakhova, Tatyana Kovalenko, Alexandra Matskiv, Enhua Xia, Wei Tong, Zhaoliang Zhang, Alexey Ryndin, Yuriy L Orlov, Elena K Khlestkina
This study discusses the genetic mutations that have a significant association with economically important traits that would benefit tea breeders. The purpose of this study was to analyze the leaf quality and SNPs in quality-related genes in the tea plant collection of 20 mutant genotypes growing without nitrogen fertilizers. Leaf N-content, catechins, L-theanine, and caffeine contents were analyzed in dry leaves via HPLC. Additionally, the photochemical yield, electron transport efficiency, and non-photochemical quenching were analyzed using PAM-fluorimetry...
September 26, 2023: International Journal of Molecular Sciences