Environmental ScienceBiologyMedicine

Xiangrui Kong, Hongli Cao, Dandan Lou, Chuan Yue, Ruiyang Shan, Shiqin Zheng, Aodi Han, Xingtan Zhang, Changsong Chen, Weilong Kong

2026.2.5Molecular Horticulture

DOI: 10.1186/s43897-025-00189-5

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Recent advances in phenom-ics and transcriptomics have elucidated physiological and gene expression alterations in tea seedlings under saline stress, but the epigenetic regulatory mechanisms are still poorly understood.

Abstract

Salt and alkali stresses induce gene expression changes in tea plant ( Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze), subsequently affecting plant growth and development (Wan et al. 2024; Zhang et al. 2017, 2023). Recent advances in phenom-ics and transcriptomics have elucidated physiological and gene expression alterations in tea seedlings under saline stress (Wan et al. 2018, 2020, 2024; Zhang et al. 2017, 2023). However, the epigenetic regulatory mechanisms

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KONG, Xiangrui, et al. Dynamic DNA methylation in tea plants and its association with changes in gene expression under salt and alkali stress. Molecular Horticulture, 2026, 6(1): 10.