
Council for Burley Tobacco
The Council for Burley Tobacco invests check-off funds in research to benefit burley growers. All final reports are posted as PDF documents. Click on the links below to read the final reports.
2013 GRANT PROJECTS

A Topping-induced Tobacco Sucker Control System Delivered by Intragenic Transformation.
Researcher: Ling Yuan, KTRDC
Researcher: Colin Fisher, UK
Utilization of the Arabidopsis FT Gene to Facilitate Rapid Tobacco Variety Development.
Researcher: Bob Miller & Dave Zaitlin, UK
Researcher: George Wagner, UK
Precision and accuracy of individual alkaloid measurements.
Researcher: Huihua Ji, UK
Use of cis-abienol or T-phylloplanin to prevent black shank disease in tobacco.
Researcher: Antoaneta M-Kroumova, UK
Production and Purification of Nicotine from Green Tobacco for Emerging Tobacco Products
Reseacher: Ling Yuan, KTRDC
The Effects of Plant Population on Agronomic Characteristics of Burley Tobacco
Researcher: Robert Miller, UK