According to Russian media nsk.kp reported on January 31, scientists in Novosibirsk have successfully developed tobacco with low nicotine content. After years of research and development, this project has finally come to fruition. By transforming the plants, the researchers successfully created genetically stable tobacco varieties.
According to these scientists, tobacco's synthetic genes are closely related to the plant's key life activity processes. They altered these genes, which resulted in a heritable decrease in the nicotine content of the tobacco.
Scientist Sofia Gerasimova said: "We have improved tobacco so that its nicotine content can be heritably reduced." During the development of this project, scientists developed and applied for two reduction Patent on tobacco nicotine content.
These modified tobaccos could not only serve as a feed basis for farmed insects, but may also have a positive impact on the human body. In this regard, scientific researchers expressed great confidence.
