Tobacco has widely been employed for both basic studies and commercial adoptions in plant molecular farming, because it is easy to work with biotechnologically besides it provides large quantities of green leaf material per acre.

• 烟草由于具有易于遗传工程操作、绿叶面积大、生长期短的独特优点；被广泛用于植物分子农业的基础研究和应用研究.