How the global tea industry copes with fungal diseases–challenges and opportunities

AK Pandey, GD Sinniah, A Babu, A Tanti - Plant Disease, 2021 - Am Phytopath Society
Tea (Camellia sinensis [L.] O. Kuntze) is a plantation crop, grown commercially in Asia,
Africa, and South America. Among biotic threats to tea production, diseases caused by …

Advances in understanding the mechanism of resistance to anthracnose and induced defence response in tea plants

A Jeyaraj, T Elango, X Chen, J Zhuang… - Molecular Plant …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The tea plant (Camellia sinensis) is susceptible to anthracnose disease that causes
considerable crop loss and affects the yield and quality of tea. Multiple Colletotrichum spp …

Characterization and Alternative Splicing Profiles of the Lipoxygenase Gene Family in Tea Plant (Camellia sinensis)

J Zhu, X Wang, L Guo, Q Xu, S Zhao, F Li… - Plant and Cell …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Oxylipins, including jasmonic acid (JA) and volatiles, are important for signaling in plants,
and these are formed by the lipoxygenase (LOX) enzyme family. There is a large gap in …

Integrated Transcriptome and Metabolome Analysis Reveals Key Metabolites Involved in Camellia oleifera Defense against Anthracnose

C Yang, P Wu, X Yao, Y Sheng, C Zhang, P Lin… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Camellia oleifera (Ca. oleifera) is a woody tree species cultivated for the production of edible
oil from its seed. The growth and yield of tea-oil trees are severely affected by anthracnose …

Pestalotiopsis-Like Species Causing Gray Blight Disease on Camellia sinensis in China

Y Chen, L Zeng, N Shu, M Jiang, H Wang… - Plant …, 2018 - Am Phytopath Society
Gray blight of tea, caused by several Pestalotiopsis-like species, is one of the most
destructive foliar diseases in tea cultivation yet the characteristics of these pathogens have …

The tea leaf microbiome shows specific responses to chemical pesticides and biocontrol applications

T Cernava, X Chen, L Krug, H Li, M Yang… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The plant microbiome is known to be influenced by certain biotic as well as abiotic factors.
Nevertheless, the drivers for specific changes in microbial community composition and …

Tea plants with gray blight have altered root exudates that recruit a beneficial rhizosphere microbiome to prime immunity against aboveground pathogen infection

Q Wang, R Yang, W Peng, Y Yang, X Ma… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Tea gray blight disease and its existing control measures have had a negative impact on the
sustainable development of tea gardens. However, our knowledge of safe and effective …

Characteristics and Pathogenicity of Discula theae-sinensis Isolated from Tea Plant (Camellia sinensis) and Interaction with Colletotrichum spp.

Q Li, J Zhu, N Ren, D Li, Y Jin, W Lu, Q Lu - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Anthracnose is one of the primary diseases in tea plants that affect tea yield and quality. The
geographical distribution, occurrence regularity, and agronomic measures of tea plants with …

Metabolism of Gallic Acid and Its Distributions in Tea (Camellia sinensis) Plants at the Tissue and Subcellular Levels

X Zhou, L Zeng, Y Chen, X Wang, Y Liao… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
In tea (Camellia sinensis) plants, polyphenols are the representative metabolites and play
important roles during their growth. Among tea polyphenols, catechins are extensively …

Potentiality of actinobacteria to combat against biotic and abiotic stresses in tea [Camellia sinensis (L) O. Kuntze]

A Borah, SN Hazarika, D Thakur - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Tea (Camellia sinensis (L) O. Kuntze) is a long‐duration monoculture crop prone to
several biotic (fungal diseases and insect pest) and abiotic (nutrient deficiency, drought and …