Analysis of F2 Population Identified SSR Marker Linked with Meloidogyne Resistance and Leaf Thickness in Nicotiana tabacum

Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) is the non-food commercially important industrial crop valued for its leaf. Size and thickness are the very important factors in tobacco quality, which is affected by many biotic and abiotic stresses. Among production-limiting pathogens, plant-parasitic nematodes are a major concern among growers, of which Meloidogyne spp. (root-knot nematode) obligate root parasites are the most economically important, causing extensive 15 to 28