Yedie Wu, Taimei Di, Zhijing Wu, Jing Peng, Jie Wang, Kexin Zhang, Mingming He, Nana Li, Xinyuan Hao, Wanping Fang, Xinchao Wang, Lu Wang
Low temperature is one of the most important environmental factors limiting tea plants' geographic distribution and severely affects spring tea's yield and quality. Circadian components contribute to plant responses to low temperatures; however, comparatively little is known about these components in tea plants. In this study, we identified a core clock component the LATE ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL, CsLHY, which is mainly expressed in tea plants' mature leaves, flowers, and roots. Notably, CsLHY maintained its circadian rhythmicity of expression in summer, but was disrupted in winter and held a high expression level...
January 12, 2024: Plant Physiology and Biochemistry: PPB