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Tobacco
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Taylor, Gordon S. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Windsor, Connecticut.
Lucas, G. B. Department of Plant Pathology, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Last reviewed:January 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.699300
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Any plant of the genus Nicotiana cultivated for its leaves, and the dried leaves of the plant. Most often, tobacco means a leaf product derived from the plant genus Nicotiana (order Solanales) containing 1–3% of the alkaloid nicotine, which produces a narcotic effect when smoked, chewed, or snuffed. The plant N. rustica provides tobacco in parts of Europe, but the tobacco of world commerce is N. tabacum (Fig. 1). See also: Nicotine alkaloids; Solanales
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