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 progress reports.
2016 GRANT PROJECTS
Optimizing the Integration of Annual Forages into Tobacco Systems (Progress Report)
Researcher: Ben Goff, University of Kentucky
Researcher: Sitakanta Pattanaik, University of Kentucky
Development of Pale Yellow Dark Burley
Researcher: Colin Fisher, University of Kentucky
Enhancing Burley Tobacco Production Labor Efficiency
Researcher: Bob Pearce, University of Kentucky
Topping Height of High Leaf Potential Hybrids
Researcher: Colin Fisher, University of Kentucky
TSNA Accumulation in Controlled Curing Environment
Researcher: Colin Fisher, University of Kentucky
Addition of Blue Mold Resistance to KTTII Burley Tobacco Varieties
Researcher: Robert Miller, University of Kentucky
Evaluation and Control of Ground Sucker Formation in Burley Tobacco Varieties
Researcher: Robert Miller, University of Kentucky
Researcher: Anne Jack, University of Kentucky
The Effects of Cytokinin Application on the Accumulation of Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines
Researcher: Anne Jack, University of Kentucky
Sample Preparation for TSNA Analysis
Researcher: Anne Jack, University of Kentucky
Evaluation of the Efficacy of HP400 in Reducing TSNAs
Researcher: Anne Jack, University of Kentucky
Marker design based on genotyping by sequencing for blue mold resistance in tobacco
Researcher: Shengming Yang, University of Kentucky
Varieties and Production Practices to Maximize Nicotine to be Utilized in Emerging Tobacco Products
Researcher: Richard Mundell, University of Kentucky
Development and standardization of accelerated tobacco curing protocols to quantify the propensity for TSNA production and accumulation
Researcher: Socrates Cañete, University of Kentucky