the JASMONATE-ZIM DOMAIN (JAZ) family genes are key repressors in the jasmonic acid signal transduction pathway. Recently, the JAZ gene family has been systematically characterized in many plants. However, this gene family has not been explored in the tea plant. In this study, 13 CsJAZ genes were identified in the tea plant genome. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the JAZ proteins from tea and other plants clustered into 11 sub-groups. The CsJAZ gene transcriptional regulatory network predictive and expression pattern analyses suggest that these genes play vital roles in abiotic stress responses, phytohormone crosstalk and growth and development of the tea plant. in addition, the CsJAZ gene expression profiles were associated with tea postharvest processing. Our work provides a comprehensive understanding of the CsJAZ family and will help elucidate their contributions to tea quality during tea postharvest processing.Higher plants face a large number of severe challenges during their life cycles, including insect bites, pathogen infection, heavy metal stress, and water scarcity. However, as sessile organisms, plants have evolved sophisticated mechanisms to resist these problems and clever strategies to thrive in their ever-changing natural environments 1,2 . For plants, phytohormones are the most effective and fastest weapon in response to environmental stress. For example, jasmonic acid (JA) is widely known to play an important role in various biological processes in plants, including defense against herbivorous insect attack, flower initiation and plant morphogenesis [3][4][5] .There are at least two jasmonate synthesis pathways that exist in plants, namely octadecane pathway and hexadecanoid pathway, which begins with the release of α-linolenic acid (18:3n-3) and hexadecatrienoic acid (16:3n-3), respectively 6 . The unsaturated fatty acids are catalyzed by a series of enzymes then generates 12-oxo-10,15 (Z)-phytodienoic acid (OPDA), in the chloroplast 7 . Finally, JA is formed through OPDA reductase 3 (OPR3)-mediated reduction reaction and three rounds of ÎČ-oxidation 6 . Interestingly, an alternative pathway for JA biosynthesis was discovered. OPDA could enter the ÎČ-oxidation pathway to produce a direct precursor of JA and JA-lie in the absence of OPR3 8 . Moreover, the JA signal pathway has been deciphered 9,10 . It has been reported that the JA receptor is a co-receptor complex formed by JAZ protein, COI1 (CORONATINE INSENSITIVE1) protein and inositol pentakisphosphate 11 . Previous studies have revealed that the JA content is maintained at a relatively low level in plants under normal conditions, in which the JAZ repressor interacts with MYC2 to inhibit downstream insect-resistant or disease-resistant gene expression 12 . However, large amounts of JA accumulate in plant cells in response to abiotic or biotic stresses and are perceived by COI1 13,14 . Subsequently, JAZ proteins are degraded by COI1-mediated E3 ubiquitination. Then, the transcription activator MYC is relieved, which increases the expression o...