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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2019
Altria Client Services Llc, Richmond, VA (US);
Sreepriya Pramod, Fredericksburg, VA (US);
Marcos Fernando de Godoy Lusso, Chesterfield, VA (US);
Jesse Frederick, Richmond, VA (US);
Andrew Carl Adams, Midlothian, VA (US);
Dongmei Xu, Glen Allen, VA (US);
Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides tobacco Nic1b locus and associated genes. Also provided are tobacco plants with altered total alkaloid and nicotine levels and commercially acceptable leaf grade, their development via breeding or transgenic approaches, and production of tobacco products from these tobacco plants. Further provided are compositions and methods for producing tobacco plants having novel mutations or alleles to reduce nicotine levels. Further provided are sequence polymorphisms and molecular markers for breeding tobacco with reduced nicotine or alkaloids while maintaining tobacco leaf grade and tobacco product quality.