New sterile male Burley tobacco plant variety possessing good productivity and very good marketing characteristics

摘要

Sterile male Burley tobacco plant variety obtained using a matrix produced from a White Burley variety rendered a sterile male and from a pollinating agent selected from a White Burley population, the said variety being in the applicant's catalogue under the name White Burley No. 3. The said variety has the range of characteristics below: - usual shape resulting from growth: cylindrical - cone-shaped; - colour of the leaves: pale green; - shape of the leaves: oval-elliptical at the base; elliptical-lanceolate in the middle, lanceolate at the apex; - insertion of the leaves into the stem: at an open angle at the base, at an acute angle in the middle and at a very acute angle at the apex; - number of usable leaves: 28 to 32; - flower: sterile male; - good productivity; - very good commercial characteristics. i