IMR Press / FBL / Volume 26 / Issue 12 / DOI: 10.52586/5063
Open Access Review
Advances in the knowledge of adaptive mechanisms mediating abiotic stress responses in Camellia sinensis
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1 College of Life and Health Science, Anhui Science and Technology University, 233100 Bengbu, Anhui, China
2 College of Life Science, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, Anhui, China
3 School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 310058 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
*Correspondence: jsguo518@zju.edu.cn (Jiansheng Guo)
Academic Editor: Graham Pawelec
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2021, 26(12), 1714–1722; https://doi.org/10.52586/5063
Submitted: 7 July 2021 | Revised: 9 October 2021 | Accepted: 9 November 2021 | Published: 30 December 2021
Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s). Published by BRI.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Abstract

Abiotic stresses are wide-ranging environmental factors that adversely affect the yield and quality of tea plants (Camellia sinensis). As perennial woody economic plants, various environmental factors affect its growth and development. To survive under stress conditions, plants adapt to or withstand these adverse external environments by regulating their growth and morphological structure. Recently, there have been knowledges regarding the significant progress in the mechanisms of abiotic stresses (including cold and heat, drought, salt and heavy metal stresses) tolerance in tea plants. Many evidences suggest that several phytohormones are in response to various environmental stresses, and regulate plant stress adaptation. However, the regulatory mechanisms of plant abiotic stress responses and resistance remain unclear. In this review, we mainly summarize the studies on the adaptive physiological and molecular mechanisms of tea plants under abiotic stress, and discuss the direction for tea plant resistance and breeding strategies.

Keywords
Camellia sinensis
Abiotic stress
Regulatory mechanism
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