Compositions and methods for producing tobacco plants and products having reduced or eliminated suckers
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsRaja S. PAYYAVULA, Yanxin SHEN, Chengalrayan KUDITHIPUDI, Rajanikanth GOVINDARAJULU
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for controlling sucker growth in tobacco by altering the expression of different target genes.
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1-142. (canceled)
A tobacco product comprising cured tobacco material from a modified tobacco plant comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor (CDKI) polypeptide operably linked to a heterologous promoter, and wherein said modified tobacco plant comprises no suckers or reduced suckers after topping as compared to a control tobacco plant when grown under comparable growth conditions.
Cured tobacco material from a modified tobacco plant comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor (CDKI) polypeptide operably linked to a heterologous promoter, and wherein said modified tobacco plant comprises no suckers or reduced suckers after topping as compared to a control tobacco plant when grown under comparable growth conditions.
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