Analyses of Diverse Low Alkaloid Tobacco Germplasm Identify Naturally Occurring Nucleotide Variability Contributing to Reduced Leaf Nicotine Accumulation

Overview

Journal Mol Breed

Specialties Biotechnology
Molecular Biology

Date 2023 Jun 13

PMID 37309485

Authors

Nathaniel Burner

Abigail McCauley

Sreepriya Pramod

Jesse Frederick

Tyler Steede

Sheri P Kernodle

Ramsey S Lewis

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Abstract

Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11032-021-01274-5.

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