Molecular genetics of alkaloid biosynthesis in Nicotiana tabacum

RE Dewey, J ** in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.)
Y Qin, S Bai, W Li, T Sun, DW Galbraith, Z Yang… - BMC Plant …, 2020‏ - Springer
Background Nicotiana tabacum is an important economic crop. Top**, a common
agricultural practice employed with flue-cured tobacco, is designed to increase leaf nicotine …

Macroevolutionary patterns in overexpression of tyrosine: An anti‐herbivore defence in a speciose tropical tree genus, Inga (Fabaceae)

PD Coley, MJ Endara, G Ghabash, CA Kidner… - Journal of …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Plant secondary metabolites are a key defence against herbivores, and their evolutionary
origin is likely from primary metabolites. Yet for this to occur, an intermediate step of …

Development of a MAGIC population and high-resolution quantitative trait map** for nicotine content in tobacco

G Yuan, K Sun, W Yu, Z Jiang, C Jiang, D Liu… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Multiparent Advanced Generation Inter-Cross (MAGIC) population is an ideal genetic and
breeding material for quantitative trait locus (QTL) map** and molecular breeding. In this …

Effects of down-regulating ornithine decarboxylase upon putrescine-associated metabolism and growth in Nicotiana tabacum L.

HL Dalton, CK Blomstedt, AD Neale… - Journal of …, 2016‏ - academic.oup.com
Transgenic plants of Nicotiana tabacum L. homozygous for an RNAi construct designed to
silence ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) had significantly lower concentrations of nicotine …