Details for: PI 552494, Nicotiana tabacum L., 'McNair 944'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Nicotiana tabacum L.

Cultivar:

'McNair 944'

Origin:

Developed – North Carolina, United States

Maintained:

US Nicotiana Germplasm Collection

Received by NPGS:

1977

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Reproductive Uniformity:

Pureline

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Backup Location:

US Nicotiana Germplasm Collection

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	0.1 gram		TC 339 N23-149 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Nicotiana tabacum L.

Cultivar:

'McNair 944'

Origin:

Developed – North Carolina, United States

Maintained:

US Nicotiana Germplasm Collection

Received by NPGS:

1977

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Reproductive Uniformity:

Pureline

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Developed

North Carolina, United States

Developer(s):

McNair Seed Company

Donated

1977.
North Carolina, United States

Donor(s):

McNair Seed Company

Accession Names and Identifiers

TC 339

Type: Site identifier

Group: TC

Tobacco Cultivar inventory number assigned by the US Nicotiana Germplasm Collection

'McNair 944'

Type: Cultivar name

Narrative

McNair 944 produces a high yield of average quality tobacco on the basis of government grades. The variety produces a higher percentage of orange colored leaf that is medium in body and texture with a medium nicotine content. The plants are medium tall with a medium number of leaves that are of medium length and width. There are a low number of ground suckers. McNair 944 has moderate resistance to black shank, and low resistance to Granville wilt. It is susceptible to root-knot nematodes and mosaic.

Nicotiana tabacum L.

Genus:

Nicotiana

Section:

Nicotiana

Family:

Solanaceae

Subfamily:

Nicotianoideae

Nomen number:

25309

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:180. 1753

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358199

Comment:

valid publication verified from original literature

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

04/23/2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Autonym(s)
Nicotiana tabacum L. var. tabacum

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Nicotiana chinensis Fisch. ex Lehm.
Nicotiana tabacum L. var. macrophylla (Lehm.) Schrank

Invalid Designation(s)
Nicotiana ×calyciflora Caille ex Comes

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	tobacco	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	tabac	2	Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:93-94.
French	tabac commun	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Tabak	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	virginischer Tabak	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Italian	tabacco	2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Spanish	tabaco	2	Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana.
Swedish	virginiatobak	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	yan cao	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean	dambae	2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:111.

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
FLWR-FRUIT	Relative Placement of Reproductive Organs	Relative postioning of the stigma and anthers in relation to one another	2 - Stigma generally located within the array if anthers	TOBACCO.UPOV.CLAYTON.2014	TC 339 N14-87 SD	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Flower Color	Majority color of the open face of the corolla limb.	2 - Corolla limb is mostly medium pink.	TOBACCO.UPOV.CLAYTON.2014	TC 339 N14-87 SD	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Inflorescence Compactness	Inflorescence compactness	5 - Intermediate	TOBACCO.UPOV.CLAYTON.2014	TC 339 N14-87 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Relative Plant Height	Relative measure of plant height including fully expanded inflorescence, excluding any suckers	7 - Head high	TOBACCO.UPOV.CLAYTON.2014	TC 339 N14-87 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Weeks to Maturity	Weeks after transplanting until 50% of plants have at least one open flower	11	TOBACCO.UPOV.CLAYTON.2014	TC 339 N14-87 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Relative Sucker Tendency	Relative assessment of the tendency to produce suckers	3 - Suckers produced from nodes in the top quarter of plant	TOBACCO.UPOV.CLAYTON.2014	TC 339 N14-87 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Relative Midstalk Leaf Length	Relative length of a midstalk leaf	5 - Between 36 and 50 cm	TOBACCO.UPOV.CLAYTON.2014	TC 339 N14-87 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Relative Midstalk Leaf Width	Relative width of a midstalk leaf	5 - Between 16 and 23 cm	TOBACCO.UPOV.CLAYTON.2014	TC 339 N14-87 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Ratio Midstalk Leaf Length:Width	Length:width ratio of a midstalk leaf	2.0	TOBACCO.UPOV.CLAYTON.2014	TC 339 N14-87 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Relative Development of Auricles	Relative development of the leaf auricles compared to the leaf base		TOBACCO.UPOV.CLAYTON.2014	TC 339 N14-87 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Base Shape	Shape of the leaf base	1 - Tapering gradually to a narrow base	TOBACCO.UPOV.CLAYTON.2014	TC 339 N14-87 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Relative Leaf Number	Relative measure of number of leaves		TOBACCO.UPOV.CLAYTON.2014	TC 339 N14-87 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Shape	Overall shape of the main leaf body	4 - Egg-shaped in outline and attached at the broad end	TOBACCO.UPOV.CLAYTON.2014	TC 339 N14-87 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Tip Shape	Leaf tip shape	AM - Gradually tapering to a sharp point and forming concave sides along the tip	TOBACCO.UPOV.CLAYTON.2014	TC 339 N14-87 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Surface	A description of the leaf surface in terms of undulation.	3 - Slightly puckered	TOBACCO.UPOV.CLAYTON.2014	TC 339 N14-87 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Margin	Description of leaf margin undulation	1 - No undulation	TOBACCO.UPOV.CLAYTON.2014	TC 339 N14-87 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Attachment	Leaf attachment		TOBACCO.UPOV.CLAYTON.2014	TC 339 N14-87 SD	Not Available