Description

Nicotiana rustica, commonly known as Aztec tobacco or strong tobacco, is a rainforest plant in the family Solanaceae. It is a very potent variety of tobacco, containing up to nine times more nicotine than common species of Nicotiana such as Nicotiana tabacum (common tobacco). More specifically, N. rustica leaves have a nicotine content as high as 9%, whereas N. tabacum leaves contain about 1 to 3%. The high concentration of nicotine in its leaves makes it useful for producing pesticides, and it has a wide variety of uses specific to cultures around the world. However, N. rustica is no longer cultivated in its native North America, (except in small quantities by certain Native American tribes) as N. tabacum has replaced it.

Whole Genomes

Whole Genome Sequences & Annotations for Nicotiana rustica

• Nicotiana rustica ASM523953v1

S genes

Nicotiana rustica ASM523953v1 S genes

Query	Scaffold	Size(bp)	Coordinates	BLASTn Hit	BLASTn %ID	Domain
SLF15	ML475358.1	42214	11027-12283	Solanum tuberosum DM8.1, SLF15	80.7	F-box domain
SLF15-2	ML499505.1	65780	36215-37486	Solanum tuberosum DM8.1, SLF15	80.1	F-box domain
SLF13	ML524954.1	164573	139989-138826	Petunia hybrida AB933135.1, S22m-SLF13	83.0	F-box domain
SLF12	ML535783.1	11321	2598-1417	Petunia inflata KJ670435.1, S5-SLF12	80.5	F-box domain
SLF13-2	ML544913.1	169144	48466-49629	Petunia hybrida AB933009.1, S10-SLF13	82.7	F-box domain

Downloads

The Nicotiana rustica S gene sequences are available in FASTA format.

CDS and Protein (FASTA file)

S-gene_Nicotiana_rustica

Publications

Sierro N, Battey JND, Bovet L, Liedschulte V, Ouadi S, Thomas J, Broye H, Laparra H, Vuarnoz A, Lang G, Goepfert S, Peitsch MC, Ivanov NV. The impact of genome evolution on the allotetraploid Nicotiana rustica - an intriguing story of enhanced alkaloid production. BMC Genomics. 2018 Nov 29;19(1):855. doi: 10.1186/s12864-018-5241-5.doi: 10.1186/s12864-018-5241-5.