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2024

Qian, J.J.^#, Zhu, C.^#, Li, J.L., Yang, Y.H., Gu, D.C., Liao, Y.Y., Zeng, L.T., Yang, Z.Y.*. The circadian clock gene PHYTOCLOCK1 mediates the diurnal emission of the anti-insect volatile benzyl nitrile from damaged tea (Camellia sinensis) plants. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2024, 72: 13284-13296.（入选ACS Editors' Choice 文章）

Gu, D.C.^#, Wu, S.H.^#, Wang, Y.X., Yang, Y.H., Chen, J.M., Mao, K.Q., Liao, Y.Y., Li, J.L., Zeng, L.T., Yang, Z.Y.*. Tea green leafhopper infestations affect tea plant growth by altering the synthesis of brassinolide. Plant, Cell & Environment, 2024, 47: 3780-3796.

Huang, Y.H., Yang, Y.H., Xue, J.H., Liao, Y.Y., Fu, X.M., Zhu, C., Li, J.L., Zeng, L.T., Yang, Z.Y.*. Biosynthetic pathway and bioactivity of vanillin, a highly abundant metabolite distributed in the root cortex of tea plants (Camellia sinensis). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2024, 72: 1660-1673.

2022

Gu, D.C.^#, Wu, S.H.^#, Yu, Z.M.^#, Zeng, L.T., Qian, J.J., Zhou, X.C., Yang, Z.Y.*. Involvement of histone deacetylase CsHDA2 in regulating (E)-nerolidol formation in tea (Camellia sinensis) exposed to tea green leafhopper infestation. Horticulture Research, 2022, 9: uhac158.

Xiao, Y.Y.^#, Tan, H.B.^#, Huang, H.T., Yu, J.Z., Zeng, L.T., Liao, Y.Y., Wu, P., Yang, Z.Y.*. Light synergistically promotes the tea green leafhopper infestation-induced accumulation of linalool oxides and their glucosides in tea (Camellia sinensis). Food Chemistry, 2022, 394: 133460.

Fu, X.M., Chen, J.M., Li, J.L., Dai, G.Y., Tang, J.C., Yang, Z.Y.*. Mechanism underlying the carotenoid accumulation in shaded tea leaves. Food Chemistry X, 2022, 14: 100323.

Liao, Y.Y.^#, Fu, X.M.^#, Zeng, L.T., Yang, Z.Y.*. Strategies for studying in vivo biochemical formation pathways and multilevel distributions of quality or function-related specialized metabolites in tea (Camellia sinensis). Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2022, 62: 429-442.

2021

Fu, X.M., Liao, Y.Y., Cheng, S.H., Deng, R.F., Yang, Z.Y.*. Stable isotope-labeled precursor tracing reveals that L-alanine is converted to L-theanine via L-glutamate not ethylamine in tea plants in vivo. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2021, 69: 15354-15361.

Yang, J.^#, Gu, D.C.^#, Wu, S.H., Zhou, X.C., Chen, J.M., Liao, Y.Y., Zeng, L.T., Yang, Z.Y.*. Feasible strategies for studying the involvement of DNA methylation and histone acetylation in the stress-induced formation of quality-related metabolites in tea (Camellia sinensis). Horticulture Research, 2021, 8: 253.

Liao, Y.Y.^#, Tan, H.B.^#, Jian, G.T., Zhou, X.C., Huo, L.Q., Jia, Y.X., Zeng, L.T., Yang, Z.Y.*. Herbivore-induced (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol is an airborne signal that promotes direct and indirect defenses in tea (Camellia sinensis) under light. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2021, 69: 12608-12620.

Yang, J. ^#, Zhou, X.C. ^#, Wu, S.H., Gu, D.C., Zeng, L.T., Yang, Z.Y. *. Involvement of DNA methylation in regulating the accumulation of the aroma compound indole in tea (Camellia sinensis) leaves during postharvest processing. Food Research International, 2021, 142: 110183.

Zeng, L.T., Zhou, X.C., Liao, Y.Y., Yang, Z.Y.*. Roles of specialized metabolites in biological function and environmental adaptability of tea plant (Camellia sinensis) as a metabolite studying model. Journal of Advanced Research, 2021, 34: 159-171.

Gu, D.C.^#, Yang, J.^#, Wu, S.H., Liao, Y.Y., Zeng, L.T., Yang, Z.Y.*. Epigenetic regulation of the phytohormone abscisic acid accumulation under dehydration stress during postharvest processing of tea (Camellia sinensis). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2021, 69: 1039-1048.

Fu, X.M., Liao, Y.Y., Cheng, S.H., Xu, X.L., Grierson, D., Yang, Z.Y.*. Nonaqueous fractionation and overexpression of fluorescent-tagged enzymes reveals the subcellular sites of L-theanine biosynthesis in tea. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2021, 19: 98-108.

Zeng, L.T.^#, Xiao, Y.Y.^#, Zhou, X.C., Yu, J.Z., Jian, G.T., Li, J.L., Chen, J.M., Tang, J.C., Yang, Z.Y.*. Uncovering reasons for differential accumulation of linalool in tea cultivars with different leaf area. Food Chemistry, 2021, 345: 128752.

2020

Zeng, L.T., Zhou, X.C., Su, X.G., Yang, Z.Y.*. Chinese oolong tea: An aromatic beverage produced under multiple stresses. Trends in Food Science and Technology, 2020, 106: 242-253.

Yu, Z.M., Yang, Z.Y.*. Understanding different regulatory mechanisms of proteinaceous and non- proteinaceous amino acid formation in tea (Camellia sinensis) provides new insights into the safe and effective alteration of tea flavor and function. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2020, 60: 844-858.

Zhou, Y.^#, Zeng, L.T.^#, Hou, X.L., Liao, Y.Y., Yang, Z.Y.*. Low temperature synergistically promotes wounding-induced indole accumulation by INDUCER OF CBF EXPRESSION-mediated alterations of jasmonic acid signaling in Camellia sinensis. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2020, 71: 2172-2185.

Zhou, Y., Deng, R.F., Xu, X.L., Yang, Z.Y.*. Enzyme catalytic efficiencies and relative gene expression levels of (R)-linalool synthase and (S)-linalool synthase determine the proportion of linalool enantiomers in Camellia sinensis var. sinensis. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2020, 68: 10109-10117.

Mei, X., Xu, X.L., Yang, Z.Y.*. Characterization of two tea glutamate decarboxylase isoforms involved in GABA production. Food Chemistry, 2020, 305: 125440.