Composition and Methods for Producing Tobacco Plants and Products Having Increased Phenylalanine and Reduced Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines (TSNAs)

A cured tobacco leaf of a modified tobacco plant, wherein said cured tobacco leaf comprises a decreased amount of one or more tobacco specific nitrosamines (TSNAs), a recombinant nucleic acid molecule comprising a promoter operably linked to a first polynucleotide encoding a Chorismate Mutase-like polypeptide having at least 95% sequence identity to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:

• 68 to 70, and a recombinant nucleic acid molecule comprising a promoter operably linked to a second polynucleotide encoding a bHLH-like transcription factor polypeptide having at least 95% sequence identity to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:
• 5 and 6, wherein said decreased amount is compared to an unmodified control tobacco plant.