Abstract

AC Maridel is a flue-cured tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) cultivar bred collaboratively by the Pest Management Research Centre and the Charlottetown Research Centre of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. It is a cultivar with high yield, improved leaf quality and is resistant to black root rot (Chalara elegans). It resulted from crosses between two breeding lines originally selected at Delhi (80M11/80K2G). AC Maridel is adapted to the tobacco growing areas of Prince Edward Island. Key words: Nicotiana tabacum, black root rot resistance

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