Constitutive activation of nitrate reductase in tobacco alters flowering time and plant biomass

Abstract Pyridine alkaloids produced in tobacco can react with nitrosating agents such as nitrite to form tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNA), which are among the most notable toxicants present in tobacco smoke. The market type known as burley tobacco is particularly susceptible to TSNA formation b...

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Main Authors: Jianli Lu, Niharika N. Chandrakanth, Ramsey S. Lewis, Karen Andres, Lucien Bovet, Simon Goepfert, Ralph E. Dewey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83797-7