Abstract
Botanically, there are two main types of tea i.e. China and Assam type, predominant in China and India, respectively. Different chromosome-level assemblies of China type tea genomes have been reported recently but none for Assam type. Thus, in the present study, genome assembly of most popular Assam type Indian tea cultivar, TV 1 was decoded at chromosome-scale and analyzed to understand the domestication, variations, and evolutionary differences between China and Assam type teas. Whole genome duplication (WGD) study has confirmed close collinearity and recent WGD events between Assam type teas from India (Camellia assamica) and China (C. sinensis var. assamica). Single copy gene-based study has confirmed divergence of TV 1 from China type tea (C. sinensis var. sinensis) approximately 5.5 MYA, and SNP-based analysis of 150 genotypes across the world supports their independent domestication. Moreover, 512 genes in TV 1 were found positively selected during domestication events between caffeine and non-caffeine groups. At 93 fusion genes per species per million years rate, 400 fusion genes were found with no shared recent fusion events between China and Assam type tea. Secondary metabolite profiling has yielded several metabolic compounds such as caffeine, theophylline, and catechins. All these resources were documented in Tea India Genome e-Resource (TIGeR; https://indianteagenome.in/).
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