Tob. Sci., 1993, 37-08, p. 25-29, ISSN. 0082-4523, Tob. Reporter, 1993, 120-5, p. 67-71
Inheritance of high duvatrienol production in tobacco
Crops Research Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Oxford, NC, USA; Phytochemical Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Athens, GA, USA
Duvane diterpene-producing tobaccos, Nicotiana tabacum L., yield a mixture of α- and β-duvatrienediols (DVT-diols) and α- and β-duvatrienols (DVT-ols). Recent studies suggest that these compounds are associated with resistance or susceptibility of...