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.
FUNDED GRANT PROJECTS
2019 Funded Research
Defining impact of fungicide resistance and improving control of frogeye leaf spot in tobacco
Researcher: Bob Pearce
2018 Funded Research
Identification of novel regulators of nicotine biosynthesis for controlling nicotine contents in burley tobacco
Researcher: Sitakanta Pattanaik, UK
Enhancing Burley Tobacco Production Labor Efficiency
Researcher: Shengming Yang, UK
Development of Early Maturing Black Shank Resistant Burley Tobacco Varieties
Researcher: Robert Miller, UK
Liquid Fertilizer Applicator to use with KY No-Till Tobacco Project
Researcher: Pulaski County Conservation District
2017 Funded Research
Optimizing the Integration of Annual Forages into Tobacco Systems
Researcher: Ben Goff, UK
Topping Heights of High Leaf Potential Hybirds
Researcher: Colin Fisher, UK
Dynamics of genetic mutations conferring azoxystrobin resistance in two populations of the frogeye leaf spot pathogen, Cercospora nicotianae, under different spray schedules
Researcher: Emily Pfeufer & Bob Pearce, UK
Development of Early Maturing Black Shank Resistant Burley Tobacco Varieties
Researcher: Robert Miller, UK
2016 Funded Research
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
2015 Funded Research
Evaluation of Chemical Topping in Burley Tobacco
Researcher: Robert Davies, MSU
Characterization of the Functional Microbiome of Tobacco
Researcher: Seth DeBolt, UK
Topping height of high leaf potential hybrids
Researcher: Colin Fisher, UK
TSNA Accumulation in Controlled Curing Environment
Researcher: Colin Fisher, UK
Evaluation and Control of Ground Sucker Formation in Burley Tobacco Varieties
Researcher: Robert Miller, UK
Addition of Blue Mold Resistance to KTTII Burley Tobacco Varieties
Researcher: Robert Miller, UK
Enhancing Burley Tobacco Production Labor Efficiency
Researcher: Bob Pearce, UK
Researcher: Shengming Yang, UK
Controlling Entophyte Colonization to Reduce TSNA in Tobacco Leaves
Researcher: Shengming Yang, UK
Researcher: Ling Yuan, KTRDC
Varieties and Production Practices to Maximize Nicotine to be Utilized in Emerging Tobacco Products
Researcher: Rich Mundell, KTRDC
2014 Funded Research
Evaluation of Chemical Topping in Burley Tobacco
Researcher: Tony Brannon, MSU
Development of pale yellow dark burley: An additional approach to reducing TSNAs in Kentucky Burley.
Researcher: Colin Fisher, UK
Sample Preparation for TSNA Analysis
Researcher: Anne Jack, KTRDC
The Effects of Cytokinin Application on the Accumulation of Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines
Researcher: Anne Jack, KTRDC
Researcher: Anne Jack, KTRDC
Evaluation of the Efficacy of HP400 in Reducing TSNAs
Researcher: Anne Jack, KTRDC
Researcher: Shengming Yang, UK
The DNA Sequence of the Burley Tobacco Genome
Researcher: David Zaitlin, KTRDC
2013 Funded Research
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