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Letter to the Editor|30 Jan 2026|OPEN
An endangered wild tea plant resource with unique alkaloid and catechin profiles and potential high-quality tea
Dingding Liu1 ,† , Yuanquan Chen2 ,† , Jiedan Chen1 , Chenyu Zhang1 , Yuanyuan Ye1 , Piao Mei1 , Peixin Wang1 , Shiqi Ding1 , Yang Gong1 , Junyu Wang1 , Xinrong Hu3 , Mingzhe Yao1 , and Chunlei Ma,1 ,
1State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Germplasm Innovation and Resource Utilization, Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou310008, China
2Guangxi South Subtropical Agricultural Sciences Research Institute, Chongzuo 532415, China
3Jinhua Academy ofAgricultural Sciences, Jinhua 321000, China
*Corresponding author. E-mail: yaomz@tricaas.com,malei220@mail.tricaas.com
Both authors contributed equally to the study.

Horticulture Research 13,
Article number: uhag031 (2026)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhag031
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Received: 31 Aug 2025
Accepted: 20 Jan 2026
Published online: 30 Jan 2026

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