| Summary: | ABSTRACT:
The accumulation of nicotine in the constitutive salicylic acid producing (CSA)-and non-transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum LSamsunNN) plants after wounding and TMV-inoculation of leaves were detected using gas chromatography. The nicotine accumulation was suppressed in the TMV-inoculated leaves of CSA-tobacco, whereas wounding enhanced nicotine accumulation. Furthermore, in the time course study of the accumulation of nicotine and related alkaloids was found that no difference between CSA-tobacco and non-transgenic tobacco plants.
Key words: tobacco, nicotine, tobacco mosaic virus, leaf damage
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