The present invention relates to a novel tobacco cultivar designated AOB
171, which has low to intermediate nicotine content. The invention
provides seeds of the cultivar AOB 171, plants and parts thereof of the
cultivar AOB 171, a tissue culture derived from the cultivar AOB 171,
hybrids produced from cultivar AOB 171 and lines derived from cultivar
AOB 171, as well as genetically modified forms of the foregoing plants
and tissue culture. Also provided are methods of producing cultivar AOB
171 plants, cultivar AOB 171 hybrid plants, and tobacco lines derived
from cultivar AOB 171. In addition, products produced from the plants of
the present invention are provided.