Methods and compositions related to improved nitrogen utilization efficiency in tobacco
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsJesse Frederick, Chengalrayan Kudithipudi, Dongmei Xu
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides metabolic signatures and genetic markers for tracking enhanced nitrogen utilization efficiency phenotypes in tobacco plants and for introgressing enhanced nitrogen utilization efficiency phenotypes into tobacco plants. The disclosure also provides tobacco plants comprising enhanced nitrogen utilization efficiency and methods to the creation of tobacco plants comprising enhanced nitrogen utilization efficiency. The disclosure also provides recombinant polynucleotides and polypeptides for enhancing nitrogen utilization efficiency in modified tobacco plants and tobacco plants comprising the provided recombinant polynucleotides and polypeptides.
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A method of producing a tobacco plant comprising an enhanced nitrogen utilization efficiency (NUE) trait comprising:
- a. providing a first population of tobacco plants comprising an enhanced NUE trait;
- b. genotyping said first population of tobacco plants via a molecular assay for the presence of one or more molecular markers located within 10 cM of a SNP marker comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO:57 and having a polymorphic position 147 with an allele of T associated with an enhanced NUE trait;
- c. selecting a tobacco plant comprising said one or more molecular markers;
- d. crossing said tobacco plant selected in step (c) with a second tobacco plant;
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- e. obtaining progeny seed from the cross of step (d) wherein a plant grown from said progeny seed comprises said enhanced NUE trait and said one or more molecular markers.
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