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Article: Registration of `MD 402' Tobacco.
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- Crop Science
- Article date:
- May 1, 2000
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`MD 402' Maryland tobacco (Nicotiana tabacurn L.) (Reg. no. CV-118, PI 608042) was developed by the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station and released in 1999 because of its multiple disease resistance and good quality characteristics. MD 402 has resistance to tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), wildfire [caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci (Wolf & Foster) Young et al.], and Race 0 black shank [caused by Phytophthora parasitica Dastur var. nicotianae (Breda de Haan) Tucker: syn. P. nicotianae Breda de Haan var. nicotianae G.M. Waterhouse].
MD 402 was developed using the pedigree method of breeding after a cross of A911/'MD 609' (5) and one backcross with MD 609. ...