CORESTA Meeting, Agronomy/Phytopathology, 2011, Santiago, AP 06
Viral infection and nicotine conversion to nornicotine in the next generation
Institut Expérimental du Tabac, Bergerac, France
In tobacco, nicotine demethylation to nornicotine may occur during leaf maturation and yellowing. The gene involved in this transformation is present in any plant whereas it is activated only on some, called "converters". The appearance of such...