Tob. Sci., 1967, 11-26, p. 91-99, ISSN.0082-4623
The transfer of blue mold resistance to tobacco from nicotiana debneyi part i. breeding progress 1937-1954
Crops Research Division, ARS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland USA
Blue mold resistance, could not be transferred from alloploid to N. tabacum by successive backcrosses to Hicks or other commercial American varieties. Good resistance was not held beyond BC1. Results were better when backcrossing was delayed until...