TSRC, Tob. Sci. Res. Conf., 2015, 69, abstr. 79
Development of user-friendly marker for Nic2 in tobacco
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY USA
Nicotine is synthesized in the tobacco root under the control of two independent genes, Nic1 and Nic2. Tobacco breeding for low levels of nicotine has been hampered by the lack of user-friendly markers for both genes. Gene cloning of Nic2 revealed...