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