CORESTA Congress, Online, 2022, Agronomy/Phytopathology Groups, AP 55
Agronomic performance of ultra-low nicotine burley tobacco CRISPR lines
FISHER A.M.(1); YANG Shengming(2); PATRA B.(1); FISHER C.R.(1); JI Huihua(1); ZHOU Xuguo(3); KINNEY J.(1)
(1) Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.; (2) United States Department of Agriculture, Fargo, ND, U.S.A.; (3) Entomology Department, Ag Science Center North, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
With the possibility of nicotine content being regulated, a number of ultra-low nicotine lines have been developed by genetic engineering. Most of these lines have exhibited severe growth deficiencies in the field. In this study, two ultra-low...