Flavonoids, theanine and caffeine are the main secondary metabolites of the tea plant
(Camellia sinensis), which account for the tea's unique flavor quality and health benefits …

Metabolome and transcriptional correlation analyses can be used to reveal the relationship
between metabolites and gene expression in different tissues. Here, targeted metabolome …

Leaf senescence is an important process of growth and development in plant, and it is a
programmed decline controlled by a series of genes. In this study, the biochemical …

Background Camellia taliensis is one of the most important wild relatives of cultivated tea
tree, C. sinensis. The species extensively occupies mountainous habitats representing a …

Plant metabolites are crucial for both plant life and human nutrition. Despite recent advance
in metabolomics, the genetic control of plant metabolome remains largely unknown. Here …

Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) is an economic crop and a model organism for studies on
plant biology and genetics. A population of 271 recombinant inbred lines (RIL) derived from …

Poppies are well-known plants in the family Papaveraceae that are rich in alkaloids. This
family contains 61 species, and in this study we sequenced the transcriptomes of four …

Existing US epidemiological data demonstrate that consumption of smokeless tobacco,
particularly moist snuff, is less harmful than cigarette smoking. However, the molecular and …

As one of the most important crops in the world, rice (Oryza sativa) is a model plant for
metabolome research. Although many studies have focused on the analysis of specific …

Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L. 2n= 2x= 22), a plant from the Apiaceae family, also called
cilantro or Chinese parsley, is a globally important crop used as vegetable, spice, fragrance …