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    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

     

    The effect of temperature and relative humidity on TSNA accumulation during curing of burley tobacco.

    Researcher: Colin Fisher, UK

     

    Utilization of the Arabidopsis FT Gene to Facilitate Rapid Tobacco Variety Development.

    Researcher: Bob Miller & Dave Zaitlin, UK

     

    Prospects for Using Nanoparticles to Replace/Augment Quadris to Control Frogeye Leaf Spot and Blue Mold in Burley Tobacco.

    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

     

      

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