Tobacco is grown in large quantities worldwide as a widely distributed commercial crop.
From the harvest of the field to the process into the final product, a series of procedures …

Quinolizidine alkaloids (QAs) are toxic secondary metabolites found within the genus
Lupinus, some species of which are commercially important grain legume crops including …

Alkaloids are one of the largest groups of plant secondary metabolites, being present in
several economically relevant plant families. Alkaloids encompass neuroactive molecules …

Simple sequence repeats (SSRs), also referred to as microsatellites, are highly variable
tandem DNAs that are widely used as genetic markers. The increasing availability of whole …

Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) is a widely cultivated crop of the genus Nicotiana. Due to
the highly addictive nature of tobacco products, tobacco smoking remains the leading cause …

Background Anthocyanins determinate the flower color of many plants. Tobacco is a model
plant for studying the molecular regulation of flower coloration. We investigated the …

In tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), nicotine is the predominant alkaloid. It is produced in the
roots and accumulated mainly in the leaves. Jasmonates play a central signaling role in …

Applied nitrogen (N) fertilizer significantly increases the leaf yield. However, most N is not
utilized by the plant, negatively impacting the environment. To date, little is known regarding …

Plants produce a wide spectrum of secondary metabolites that play critical roles in plant-
environment interactions and against biotic and abiotic stresses. Moreover, many secondary …

Background Nicotiana benthamiana is an important model organism of the Solanaceae
(Nightshade) family. Several draft assemblies of the N. benthamiana genome have been …