Tob. Sci., 1975, 19-02, p. 4-6, ISSN.0082-4523
Tissue culture as a means of circumventing lethality in an interspecific Nicotiana hybrid
LLOYD R.
Department of Botany, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Brown spot caused by Alternaria longipes is a serious leaf disease of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). A wild species strain of N. suaveolens carried immunity to the disease but its transfer to tobacco has been hindered by the premature death of the F1...