Tobacco cultivar NC 2000
AssigneeNorth Carolina State University
InventorRebeca C. Rufty
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a novel tobacco cultivar designated NC 2000, which is resistant to blue mold caused by the fungus Peronospora tabacina Adam. The invention provides seeds of the cultivar NC 2000, plants and parts thereof of the cultivar NC 2000, a tissue culture derived from the cultivar NC 2000, hybrids produced from cultivar NC 2000 and lines derived from cultivar NC 2000, as well as genetically modified forms of the foregoing plants and tissue culture. Also provided are methods of producing cultivar NC 2000 plants, cultivar NC 2000 hybrid plants, and tobacco lines derived from cultivar NC 2000.
Claims26
A tobacco seed designated NC 2000, representative seed of said tobacco cultivar NC 2000 having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-3721.
A tobacco plant, or parts thereof, having all the physiological and morphological characteristics of tobacco cultivar NC 2000.
A method for producing a NC 2000-derived tobacco plant, comprising:
- (a) crossing tobacco cultivar NC 2000, representative seed of said tobacco cultivar NC 2000 having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-3721, with a second tobacco plant to yield progeny tobacco seed;
- (b) growing said progeny tobacco seed, under plant growth conditions, to yield said NC 2000-derived tobacco plant.
A NC 2000-derived tobacco plant, or parts thereof, produced by the method of claim 16, said NC 2000-derived tobacco plant expressing resistance to blue mold caused by the fungal pathogen Peronospora tabacina Adam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.