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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 Liu
1 ,† , Yuanquan Chen
2 ,† , Jiedan Chen
1 , Chenyu Zhang
1 , Yuanyuan Ye
1 , Piao Mei
1 , Peixin Wang
1 , Shiqi Ding
1 , Yang Gong
1 , Junyu Wang
1 , Xinrong Hu
3 , Mingzhe Yao
1 ,
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
Views: 74
Received: 31 Aug 2025
Accepted: 20 Jan 2026
Published online: 30 Jan 2026
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