Metabolome and Transcriptome Sequencing Analysis Reveals Anthocyanin Metabolism in Pink Flowers of Anthocyanin-Rich Tea (Camellia sinensis)

Almost all flowers of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis) are white, which has caused few researchers to pay attention to anthocyanin accumulation and color changing in tea flowers. A new purple-leaf cultivar, Baitang purple tea (BTP) was discovered in the Baitang Mountains of Guangdong, whose flowers...

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Main Authors: Dylan O’Neill Rothenberg, Haijun Yang, Meiban Chen, Wenting Zhang, Lingyun Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-03-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/24/6/1064