Applications of Chinese Camellia oleifera and its By-Products: A Review

W Quan, A Wang, C Gao, C Li - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Camellia oleifera is a woody oil tree species unique to China that has been cultivated and
used in China for more than 2,300 years. Most biological research on C. oleifera in recent …

Genomic and genetic advances of oiltea-camellia (Camellia oleifera)

C Ye, Z He, J Peng, R Wang, X Wang, M Fu… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Oiltea-camellia (C. oleifera) is a widely cultivated woody oil crop in Southern China and
Southeast Asia. The genome of oiltea-camellia was very complex and not well explored …

The complex hexaploid oil‐Camellia genome traces back its phylogenomic history and multi‐omics analysis of Camellia oil biosynthesis

H Zhu, F Wang, Z Xu, G Wang, L Hu… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Oil‐Camellia (Camellia oleifera), belonging to the Theaceae family Camellia, is an
important woody edible oil tree species. The Camellia oil in its mature seed kernels, mainly …

Development of a protoplast isolation system for functional gene expression and characterization using petals of Camellia oleifera

Z Lin, LJ Huang, P Yu, J Chen, S Du, G Qin… - Plant Physiology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Protoplasts preparation and purification have been frequently used in plant genetics and
breeding studies, whereas application of protoplasts in woody plants is still in its infancy …

Genome-wide identification of the PYL gene family of tea plants (Camellia sinensis) revealed its expression profiles under different stress and tissues

Y An, X Mi, X Xia, D Qiao, S Yu, H Zheng, T Jing… - BMC genomics, 2023 - Springer
Background PYL (Pyrabactin resistance 1-like) protein is a receptor of abscisic acid (ABA),
which plays an important role in ABA signaling and influences plant growth and …

Transcriptome and Anatomical Comparisons Reveal the Effects of Methyl Jasmonate on the Seed Development of Camellia oleifera

Q Song, W Gong, X Yu, K Ji, Y Jiang… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Seed is a major storage organ that determines the yield and quality of Camellia oleifera (C.
oleifera). Methyl jasmonate (MeJA) is a signaling molecule involved in plant growth and …

Phylogenomics resolves the phylogeny of Theaceae by using low-copy and multi-copy nuclear gene makers and uncovers a fast radiation event contributing to tea …

L Cheng, M Li, Q Han, Z Qiao, Y Hao, TS Balbuena… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The Theaceae includes more than 300 species of great morphological
diversity and has immense economic, cultural, and ornamental values. However, the …

Critical metabolic pathways and SAD/FADs, WRI1s, and DGATs cooperate for high-oleic acid oil production in developing oil tea (Camellia oleifera) seeds

J Yang, B Chen, S Manan, P Li, C Liu… - Horticulture …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Oil tea trees produce high-quality edible oils with desirably high oleic acid (18: 1) and low
linoleic (18: 2) and linolenic (18: 3) fatty acid (FA) levels, but limited understanding of tea oil …

Genomics insights into flowering and floral pattern formation: regional duplication and seasonal pattern of gene expression in Camellia

Z Hu, Z Fan, S Li, M Wang, M Huang, X Ma, W Liu… - BMC biology, 2024 - Springer
Background The formation and domestication of ornamental traits are influenced by various
aspects, such as the recognition of esthetic values and cultural traditions. Camellia japonica …

A High-Quality Genome Assembly of the Mitochondrial Genome of the Oil-Tea Tree Camellia gigantocarpa (Theaceae)

C Lu, LZ Gao, QJ Zhang - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Camellia gigantocarpa is one of the oil-tea trees whose seeds can be used to extract high-
quality vegetable oil. To date, there are no data on the mitochondrial genome of the oil-tea …