Longflower Tobacco

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Longflower Tobacco
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Solanales Family: Solanaceae Genus: Nicotiana Species: N. longiflora
Binomial name
Nicotiana longiflora

Longflower Tobacco (Nicotiana longiflora) is a species of tobacco native to South America that is sometimes cultivated for its tubular flowers that emit a very sweet odor at night.

This plant has been a significant source of disease resistance in flue-cured and burley tobacco. Some of the disease impacted by resistance from this species are: black shank, cyst nematode, rootknot nematode, and wildfire. The resistance form N. longiflora imparts near immunity to race 0 black shank, but no resistance to race 1. One of the varieties still in use today is 14 x L8, the second most popular burley tobacco variety in the US.

References

• Picture of Longleaf Tobacco (http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Tobacco/N_Species/N_longiflora.html)

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