The words "tobacco" and "perfume" may seem like a contradiction in terms to the uninitiated, but then again, Nicotiana alata grandiflora has sadly fallen off many gardeners' radars. And that's a shame ...

Nicotiana is a popular enough genus in the garden, and sold widely as bedding at this time of year. But maybe it would be even more popular if gardeners knew how much interesting biology lurked behind ...

This week, I ran into an old flower friend. On top of being fun to grow, learning about flowering tobacco introduced me to the invisible world of plant communication chemicals. Able to change its ...

Polyploidy is an important driving force in angiosperm evolution, and much research has focused on genetic, epigenetic and transcriptomic responses to allopolyploidy. Nicotiana is an excellent system ...

Scientists describe a gene in Nicotiana attenuata which enables the plant to solve the dilemma that arises when a pollinator is also an herbivore. NaTPS38 regulates the production of ...

Scientists found that the tobacco plant Nicotiana can maintain grafts between a broad range of species. Using Nicotiana as an intermediary, they succeeded in indirectly grafting a tomato scion and a ...

Scientists have found that the tobacco plant Nicotiana can maintain grafts between a broad range of species. Using Nicotiana as an intermediary, they succeeded in indirectly grafting a tomato scion ...