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Jasmonic acid (JA) and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are involved in stress responses, yet how lncRNAs regulate JA-mediated cold tolerance remains unclear. Here, we identified an lncRNA, lnc015013, whose silencing compromised cold tolerance in tea plants, a phenotype rescued by exogenous methyl jasmonate (MeJA). Silencing lnc015013 down-regulated CsMYB30 and CsJAZ4\/6, while its overexpression had opposite effects. Heterologous expression in Arabidopsis thaliana showed that CsMYB30 enhanced cold resistance, whereas CsJAZ4\/6 suppressed it. Mechanistically, CsMYB30 repressed CsJAZ4\/6 promoter activity and physically interacted with CsJAZ4\/6, with MeJA attenuating this interaction. 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