Nicotiana longiflora

Nicotiana longiflora
Longflower Tobacco
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Nicotiana
Species: N. longiflora
Binomial name
Nicotiana longiflora

Nicotiana longiflora, the Longflower Tobacco, is a species of tobacco native to South America that is sometimes cultivated for its tubular flowers that emit a very sweet odor at night.

This plant has been a significant source of disease resistance in flue-cured and burley tobacco. Some of the disease impacted by resistance from this species are: black shank, cyst nematode, root-knot nematode, and wildfire. The resistance form N. longiflora imparts near immunity to race 0 black shank, but no resistance to race 1. One of the varieties still in use today is 14 x L8, the second most popular burley tobacco variety in the U.S..

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