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  1. CORESTA Meeting, Agronomy/Phytopathology, 2021, Online, AP 11

    Agronomic performance of Polalta-derived breeding lines resistant to tomato spotted wilt virus

    KORBECKA-GLINKA G.(1); TROJAK-GOLUCH A.(1); BAKAHER N.(2); GOEPFERT S.(2)
    (1) Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation (IUNG) - State Research Institute, Puławy, Poland - gkorbecka@iung.pulawy.pl; (2) Philip Morris Products S.A., PMI R&D, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
    Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) is one of the most important pathogens threatening tobacco cultivation. The dark-cured cultivar Polalta is TSWV-resistant, but it cannot be easily incorporated into breeding programs, because its hybridization with...
  2. 47th TWC, Tob. Work. Conf., 2016, abstr. 29

    Working towards an increased understanding of the genetics of soil-borne disease resistance in tobacco

    DRAKE K.(1); LEWIS R.S.(1); BAKAHER N.(2); GOEPFERT S.(2); PHILIPPON B.(2); MARK R.(2); PETERSON P.D.(3)
    (1) North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC USA; (2) Philip Morris International, Neuchatel, Switzerland; (3) Clemson University, Florence SC USA
    Black shank and bacterial wilt, caused by Phytophthora nicotianae and Ralstonia solanacearum, respectively, are the most important diseases affecting tobacco production in the United States. An increased understanding of the genetic systems...
  3. CORESTA Congress, Berlin, 2016, Agronomy/Phytopathology Groups, AP 41

    Investigating the genetics of polygenic soil-borne disease resistance in tobacco

    LEWIS R.S.(1); DRAKE-STOWE K.(1); BAKAHER N.(2); GOEPFERT S.(2); PHILIPPON B.(2); MARK R.(2); PETERSON P.(3)
    (1) North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.; (2) Philip Morris International R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A, (part of Philip Morris International group of companies), Neuchâtel, Switzerland; (3) Clemson University, Florence, NC, U.S.A.
    Bacterial wilt and black shank, caused by Ralstonia solanacearum and Phytophthora nicotianae, respectively, are the most important diseases affecting tobacco production in the United States. An increased understanding of the genetics controlling...
  4. CORESTA Meeting, Agronomy/Phytopathology, 2015, Izmir, Turkey, APW 02

    The tobacco genome sequence

    SIERRO N.; BATTEY J.N.D.; OUADI S.; BAKAHER N.; BOVET L.; WILLIG A.; GOEPFERT S.; PEITSCH M.C.; IVANOV N.V.
    Philip Morris Products S.A., PMI R&D, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
    Nicotiana tabacum (common tobacco) is a major crop species and a model organism, for which only very fragmented genomic sequences have been available until recently. The three most commonly used tobacco types are flue-cured (or Virginia), Burley and...