Abstract
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) enhance host biomass and nutrient uptake, yet their regulatory mechanisms and gene networks in tea plants remain unclear. This study investigated AMF-induced effects on bud sprouting, selenium (Se) accumulation, secondary metabolite contents, and transcriptome profile changes in tea plants to elucidate these mechanisms. The results showed that AMF accelerated tea bud sprouting by 1 week, increased available Se content in rhizosphere soil and leaves, and elevated l -theanine content while decreasing polyphenols and caffeine levels. The green tea produced under AMF inoculation combined with 100 mg/L Na 2 SeO 3 received the highest sensory score. Differential gene expression analysis identified 980, 3099, and 1044 differentially expressed genes in the comparisons of CK vs Se, CK vs AMF, and CK vs Se + AMF, respectively. These results indicate that AMF promotes earlier bud sprouting─enabling earlier market entry─and improves Se fertilizer use efficiency, thereby reducing input costs. This study provides a theoretical basis for elucidating the molecular mechanisms of tea tree–microbe interactions.
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Claim · model-written summary
AMF accelerated tea bud sprouting by one week.
- Taxon
- Camellia sinensis
Camellia sinensist0 - Treatment
- AMFe0
- Interactor
- AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- tea bud sproutinge0
- Direction
- acceleratede0
- Value
- 1 weeke0
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t0“Tea Plants ( Camellia sinensis )”
e0“AMF accelerated tea bud sprouting by 1 week”
Claim · model-written summary
AMF increased available selenium in tea leaves.
- Taxon
- Camellia sinensisCamellia sinensist0
- Treatment
- AMFe0
- Interactor
- AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- available Se content in rhizosphere soil and leavese0
- Direction
- increasede0
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t0“Tea Plants ( Camellia sinensis )”
e0“AMF accelerated tea bud sprouting by 1 week, increased available Se content in rhizosphere soil and leaves”
Claim · model-written summary
AMF elevated theanine content.
- Taxon
- Camellia sinensisCamellia sinensist0
- Treatment
- AMFe0
- Interactor
- AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- l -theanine contente0
- Direction
- elevatede0
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t0“Tea Plants ( Camellia sinensis )”
e0“AMF accelerated tea bud sprouting by 1 week, increased available Se content in rhizosphere soil and leaves, and elevated l -theanine content”
Claim · model-written summary
AMF decreased polyphenols and caffeine levels.
- Taxon
- Camellia sinensisCamellia sinensist0
- Treatment
- AMFe0
- Interactor
- AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- polyphenols and caffeine levelse0
- Direction
- decreasinge0
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t0“Tea Plants ( Camellia sinensis )”
e0“AMF accelerated tea bud sprouting by 1 week, increased available Se content in rhizosphere soil and leaves, and elevated l -theanine content while decreasing polyphenols and caffeine levels”
Claim · model-written summary
AMF plus selenium produced the highest green tea sensory score.
- Taxon
- Camellia sinensisCamellia sinensist0
- Treatment
- AMF inoculation combined with 100 mg/L Na 2 SeO 3e0
- Interactor
- AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- sensory scoree0
- Direction
- higheste0
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t0“Tea Plants ( Camellia sinensis )”
e0“The green tea produced under AMF inoculation combined with 100 mg/L Na 2 SeO 3 received the highest sensory score”
Claim · model-written summary
The CK versus Se comparison identified 980 differentially expressed genes.
- Taxon
- Camellia sinensisCamellia sinensist0
- Outcome
- differentially expressed genese0
- Value
- 980e0
- Comparator
- CK vs See0
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t0“Tea Plants ( Camellia sinensis )”
e0“980, 3099, and 1044 differentially expressed genes in the comparisons of CK vs Se, CK vs AMF, and CK vs Se + AMF, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
The CK versus AMF comparison identified 3099 differentially expressed genes.
- Taxon
- Camellia sinensisCamellia sinensist0
- Outcome
- differentially expressed genese0
- Value
- 3099e0
- Comparator
- CK vs AMFe0
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t0“Tea Plants ( Camellia sinensis )”
e0“980, 3099, and 1044 differentially expressed genes in the comparisons of CK vs Se, CK vs AMF, and CK vs Se + AMF, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
The CK versus Se plus AMF comparison identified 1044 differentially expressed genes.
- Taxon
- Camellia sinensisCamellia sinensist0
- Outcome
- differentially expressed genese0
- Value
- 1044e0
- Comparator
- CK vs Se + AMFe0
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t0“Tea Plants ( Camellia sinensis )”
e0“980, 3099, and 1044 differentially expressed genes in the comparisons of CK vs Se, CK vs AMF, and CK vs Se + AMF, respectively”
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