Details for species Nicotiana benthamiana

Basic information 
Scientific Name
Nicotiana benthamiana
Common name
Description
Nicotiana benthamiana is a wild tobbaco species endemic to Australia. It has been used like plant model in the gene silencing studies (1, 2, 3, 4).
Synonyms
Taxonomic information 
asterids, lamiids, Solanales, Solanaceae, Nicotianoideae, Nicotianeae, Nicotiana
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Photo by Simon Schwizer, Martin Lab, BTI. Used with permission. © Simon Schwizer N. benthamiana.jpgPhoto by Simon Schwizer, Martin Lab, BTI. Used with permission. © Simon Schwizerorganism
Closeup view of Nicotiana benthamiana flower. Photo by Diane Dunham. flower1_10-10.jpgCloseup view of Nicotiana benthamiana flower. Photo by Diane Dunham.organism

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Closeup of Nicotiana benthamiana flower from the BTI sequenced Nb-1 strain. flower2_10-10.jpgCloseup of Nicotiana benthamiana flower from the BTI sequenced Nb-1 strain.organism
External Links 
Metabolic detailsNone
Genome data  
Ploidy
2n
Genome size
N/A
Chromosome number
19
Available loci
Available maps
Transcript Information  
Libraries (8)
Attribution
Phenomic Details  
Number of phenotyped lines : 0
Number of traits scored : 0
Number of ontology annotations : 0

QTL data 
NameTraits
N/AN/A
SOL-100 Genome sequencing project data  
Accession Nb-1
Funding Agencies Consortium of BTI labs
Project URL http://solgenomics.net/
Genbank link 
Sequencing Center Cornell Weill
Project start, end 2011-2012
Seed source 
Contact (name, email) sgn-feedback@solgenomics.net

Project start, end 2011
Sequencing Center AGRF
Seed source 
Contact (name, email) 
Accession 
Funding Agencies Benthamiana Genome Consortium (Australia and New Zealand)
Project URL 
Genbank link 

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