Novel insights into the role of leaf in the cutting process of Camellia sinensis using physiological, biochemical and transcriptome analyses

Cuttage is the preferred approach for rapid propagation of many species including tea plant (Camellia sinensis). As a key part of nodal cutting, leaf is lack of systematic research in the cutting process. In order to investigate the rooting process, the ER variety (cv. Echa 10) was selected as the representative variety. The leaves of tea cuttings sampled after cultivation for 0 month, 1 month and 3 months were used for the total RNA extraction. A total of 9 mRNA libraries were constructed and submitted to Illumina NovaSeq 6000 platform.