Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2022, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (10): 2121-2131.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2022.10.06

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Change regularity of leaf color of tea plant P113 (Camellia tachangensis F. C. Zhang) by metabolomics

LI Fang1(), LIU Xia1, HUANG Zheng2, HE Yingqin1, SONG Qinfei1, NIU Suzhen*()   

  1. 1. College of Tea Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
    2. College of Economics and Management, Guiyang Institute of Humanities and Science, Guiyang 550025, China
  • Received:2021-11-18 Online:2022-10-25 Published:2022-10-26
  • Contact: NIU Suzhen

Abstract:

To explore the change regularity of leaf color of tea plant P113 with the seasons, and lay a research foundation for the identification and development of special tea germplasm resources, tea plant P113(Camellia tachangensis F. C. Zhang) was used as material, and multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) was used to identify the flavonoids metabolites of one bud with two leaves of P113 in spring, summer and autumn. The results showed that 165 ion peaks of flavonoids were detected, including 71 positive ion peaks and 94 negative ion peaks, including anthocyanins (6.06%), biflavones (2.42%), chalcone (0.6%), dihydroflavones (4.24%), dihydroflavonols (3.03%), flavanols (9.70%), flavonoids (26.67%), flavonoid carbonosides (4.24%), flavonols (26.67%) and isoflavones (2.42%), proanthocyanidins (7.88%) and tannins (6.06%). There were 12 kinds of flavonoids in total. Principal component analysis showed that the variation of metabolite contents between spring, summer and autumn were large, and the variation of metabolite content within the season were small, indicating that flavonoids had undergone significant dynamic changes in the process of seasonal change. Venn analysis showed that there were 158 common metabolites in spring and summer, 160 common metabolites in summer and autumn, 157 common metabolites in spring and autumn, and 2 specific metabolites (isoorange flavone and 3,5,6,7,8,3', 4'-heptamethoxyflavone) existed in spring, and there were no specific metabolites in summer and autumn. In general, most flavonoids metabolites were expressed in each period. Correlation analysis showed that anthocyanins were positively correlated with dihydroflavonols, flavonoids, flavone carboglycosides, flavonols and procyanidins, and negatively correlated with biflavones, chalcone, dihydroflavonoids, flavanols and tannins. Therefore, this study suggested that the leaf color purple change of C.tachangensis P113 was closely related to the content of flavonoids, especially anthocyanins.

Key words: metabolome, Camellia tachangensis F.C.Zhang, flavonoids, leaf color

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