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Letter to the Editor|01 Oct 2025|OPEN
Identification of a DUF538 gene conferring resistance to tea green leafhopper (Empoasca onukii) in Camellia sinensis 
Yinghao Wang1 ,† , Chunlei Ma2 ,† , Xiangrui Kong3 ,† , Yaodong Zheng1 , Feiruoran Aikeremu1 , Minsheng You1,4 and Liang Chen2 , , Qian Zhao,1,4 ,
1State Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Forestry Biosecurity, Institute for Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
2National Key Laboratory for Tea Plant Germplasm Innovation and Resource Utilization, Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
3Institute of Tea, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou 350000, China
4International Joint Research Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control, Ministry of Education, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
*Corresponding author. E-mail: liangchen@tricaas.com,zhaoqian977228@126.com
Yinghao Wang,Chunlei Ma and Xiangrui Kong contributed equally to the study.

Horticulture Research 13,
Article number: uhaf264 (2026)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhaf264
Views: 11

Received: 28 Apr 2025
Accepted: 21 Sep 2025
Published online: 01 Oct 2025

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