Details for: PI 552585, Nicotiana tabacum L., 'AST'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Nicotiana tabacum L.

Cultivar:

'AST'

Origin:

Donated – North Carolina, United States

Maintained:

US Nicotiana Germplasm Collection

Received by NPGS:

1991

Improvement Status:

Breeding material

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 163 N22-131 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Nicotiana tabacum L.

Cultivar:

'AST'

Origin:

Donated – North Carolina, United States

Maintained:

US Nicotiana Germplasm Collection

Received by NPGS:

1991

Improvement Status:

Breeding material

Reproductive Uniformity:

Pureline

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Donated

1991.
North Carolina, United States

Donor(s):

USDA, ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

TC 163

Type: Site identifier

Group: TC

Tobacco Cultivar inventory number assigned by the US Nicotiana Germplasm Collection

'AST'

Type: Cultivar name

Narrative

First grown and tested in the US in 1944 and, although its true origin is uncertain, it is believed that it could have been derived from a cross of Cuban shade and Conn. Broadleaf. (Sand 1960)

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.2012	TC 163 N12-38 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.2012	TC 163 N12-38 SD	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Flower Color	Majority color of the open face of the corolla limb.	P - Pink	TOBACCO.TC_AGRON.79TC_AGRONOMIC_LEX.79		Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Flower Color	Majority color of the open face of the corolla limb.	P - Pink	TOBACCO.TC_AGRON.79TC_AGRONOMIC_OXF.79		Not Available
GROWTH	Relative Plant Height	Relative measure of plant height including fully expanded inflorescence, excluding any suckers	5 - Chest high	TOBACCO.UPOV.CLAYTON.2012	TC 163 N12-38 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Weeks to Maturity	Weeks after transplanting until 50% of plants have at least one open flower	8	TOBACCO.UPOV.CLAYTON.2012	TC 163 N12-38 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Days to Maturity	Days to maturity, as measured by number of days from transplanting to 50% of plants with at least one open flower.	48	TOBACCO.TC_AGRON.79TC_AGRONOMIC_OXF.79		Not Available
GROWTH	Days to Maturity	Days to maturity, as measured by number of days from transplanting to 50% of plants with at least one open flower.	54	TOBACCO.TC_AGRON.79TC_AGRONOMIC_LEX.79		Not Available
GROWTH	Plant Height (cm), Topped	Plant height (in cm) of topped plants	113	TOBACCO.TC_AGRON.79TC_AGRONOMIC_OXF.79		Not Available
GROWTH	Plant Height (cm), Topped	Plant height (in cm) of topped plants	126	TOBACCO.TC_AGRON.79TC_AGRONOMIC_LEX.79		Not Available
GROWTH	Sucker Number Pre-topping	Number of suckers present before topping.	7	TOBACCO.TC_AGRON.79TC_AGRONOMIC_OXF.79		Not Available
GROWTH	Sucker Number Pre-topping	Number of suckers present before topping.	9	TOBACCO.TC_AGRON.79TC_AGRONOMIC_LEX.79		Not Available
GROWTH	Sucker Number Post-topping	Number of suckers present after topping.	10	TOBACCO.TC_AGRON.79TC_AGRONOMIC_LEX.79		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Relative Midstalk Leaf Length	Relative length of a midstalk leaf	3 - Between 21 and 35 cm	TOBACCO.UPOV.CLAYTON.2012	TC 163 N12-38 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Relative Midstalk Leaf Width	Relative width of a midstalk leaf	3 - Between 10 and 15 cm	TOBACCO.UPOV.CLAYTON.2012	TC 163 N12-38 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Ratio Midstalk Leaf Length:Width	Length:width ratio of a midstalk leaf	2.0	TOBACCO.UPOV.CLAYTON.2012	TC 163 N12-38 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	10th Leaf Length	Leaf length (in cm) of the 10th harvestable leaf from the base of the plant at maturity	40	TOBACCO.TC_AGRON.79TC_AGRONOMIC_LEX.79		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	10th Leaf Length	Leaf length (in cm) of the 10th harvestable leaf from the base of the plant at maturity	45	TOBACCO.TC_AGRON.79TC_AGRONOMIC_OXF.79		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	10th Leaf Width	Leaf width (in cm) of the 10th harvestable leaf from the base of the plant at maturity	22	TOBACCO.TC_AGRON.79TC_AGRONOMIC_LEX.79		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	10th Leaf Width	Leaf width (in cm) of the 10th harvestable leaf from the base of the plant at maturity	29	TOBACCO.TC_AGRON.79TC_AGRONOMIC_OXF.79		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	10th Leaf Angle	Upper angle between stalk and 10th leaf (in degrees) when leaf is turgid	58	TOBACCO.TC_AGRON.79TC_AGRONOMIC_OXF.79		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	10th Leaf Angle	Upper angle between stalk and 10th leaf (in degrees) when leaf is turgid	92	TOBACCO.TC_AGRON.79TC_AGRONOMIC_LEX.79		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Number, Topped	Total leaf number of topped plants, not including two bed leaves	14	TOBACCO.TC_AGRON.79TC_AGRONOMIC_OXF.79		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Number, Topped	Total leaf number of topped plants, not including two bed leaves	15	TOBACCO.TC_AGRON.79TC_AGRONOMIC_LEX.79		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Shape	Overall shape of the main leaf body	3 - Broadest at the middle and narrower at the two equal ends, but with the width over one-half the length	TOBACCO.UPOV.CLAYTON.2012	TC 163 N12-38 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Surface	A description of the leaf surface in terms of undulation.	5 - Puckered	TOBACCO.UPOV.CLAYTON.2012	TC 163 N12-38 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Margin	Description of leaf margin undulation	3 - Slightly undulating	TOBACCO.UPOV.CLAYTON.2012	TC 163 N12-38 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Market class	Tobacco market class to which the variety belongs, or the closest appoximation for unadapted accessions.	CW - CIGAR WRAPPER	TOBACCO.TC_AGRON.79TC_AGRONOMIC_OXF.79		Not Available
PRODUCTION	Yield	Leaf yield, cured weight, measured in grams per plant	35	TOBACCO.TC_AGRON.79TC_AGRONOMIC_LEX.79		Not Available