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Plant Breeding Consortium

Tobacco

Approximately 70% of flue-cured tobacco acreage in the southeastern United States is planted to cultivars derived from the NC State tobacco breeding and genetics program.

Flue-cured

NC 55

A high-yielding, high quality variety with late maturity, low resistance to black shank and bacterial wilt, and resistance to races 1 and 3
of root-knot nematodes.

Buy exclusively from GoldLeaf Seed

NC 71

A high-yielding, high quality hybrid with resistance to black shank race 0, low tolerance to bacterial wilt, and resistance to races 1 and 3 of the southern root-knot nematodes.

Buy exclusively from Foley Seed and Service

NC 196

A late maturing tobacco with high yield, good quality, strong resistance to black shank race 0 and nematodes, and low resistance to black shanks race 1 and bacterial wilt.

Buy exclusively from GoldLeaf Seed

NC 291

A late maturing, very high-yielding variety with high resistance to black shank and nematodes and is resistant to potato virus Y and tobacco etch. Cures to an orange color.

Buy exclusively from Cross Creek Seed

NC 297

A late maturing variety with very high resistance to black shank race 0; resistance to tobacco mosaic virus and root-knot nematode; and moderate resistance to granville wilt.

Buy exclusively from GoldLeaf Seed

NC 299

A late maturing variety with extremely high yield and excellent resistance to black shank and nematodes. Leaf cures to an orange color.

Buy exclusively from Cross Creek Seed

NC 606

An early maturing variety with high resistance to granville wilt; resistance to root-knot nematode; and moderate resistance to black shank race 0.

Buy exclusively from GoldLeaf Seed

NC 925

A late-maturing variety with strong black shank resistance coupled with yields far higher than K346 and only slightly lower than K326.

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NC 938

A unique flue-cured tobacco variety with higher cured-leaf yields than K326 coupled with strong black shank resistance.

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NC 960

Only the second cultivar on the market with both very high levels of black shank resistance and high yield ability. Also resistant to Granville wilt.

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NC 987

COMING IN 2025
One of the highest yielding entries in the history of the NC Official Variety Test, exhibits medium soil-borne disease resistance, and produces cured leaf of acceptable quality.

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NC 1226

A mid- to late-maturing tobacco variety with better agronomic performance than K326 and superior black shank resistance to K346.

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burley

NC 7

A late maturing variety with high yield potential with 20 leaves after topping. NC 7 has high resistance to many of the common diseases.

Buy exclusively from Workman Tobacco

NC 2002

A medium-late maturing variety with the highest tolerance level to blue mold plus resistance to TMV and wildfire. Moderate yield potential of a high-quality cured leaf.

Buy from Profigen