Nicotine to nornicotine conversion in Chinese burley tobacco and genetic improvement for low conversion hybrids

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 6, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 3980-3987

  Shi, Hongzhi ^a   Di, Huihui ^a   Xie, Zifa ^b   Bush, Lowell ^c   Liu, Guoshun ^a  

^a HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Dazhou Tobacco Research Institute of Sichuan   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burley; Hybrid; Improvement; Nicotine to nornicotine conversion; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 80052665225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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