pollination

Among the primary insect pollinators of tobacco is the large family of moths, which includes among others the hornworm moths, budworm moths and army worm moths--each group comprised of several species. Cross-pollination studies of tobacco have demonstrated that un-bagged tobacco can cross with...

Creating an intentional cross is technically easy, though it is tedious. Here, I explain the basic procedure. Unbagged tobacco blossoms will randomly cross with whatever varieties of N. tabacum happen to be growing within a half-mile. What you end up with, even from a single mature seed...