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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 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

 

Next Generation Sequencing aided study of Influence of the systemic suckercide maleic hydrazide on global changes of tobacco gene expression

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

The Effects of Pre-Harvest Quercetin Application on the Accumulation of Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines

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

 

Development of User-friendly Markers for Disease Resistance to Potato Virus Y (PVY) and Black Root Rot (BRR) in Burley Tobacco

Researcher: Shengming Yang, UK

 

Controlling Entophyte Colonization to Reduce TSNA in Tobacco Leaves

Researcher: Shengming Yang, UK

 

Identification of Topping-and Suckercide-Responsive Genes in Tobacco by Next Generation Gene Sequencing

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

 

The Effects of Pre-Harvest Quercetin Application on the Accumulation of Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines

Researcher: Anne Jack, KTRDC

 

Evaluation of the Efficacy of HP400 in Reducing TSNAs

Researcher: Anne Jack, KTRDC

 

Development of User-friendly Markers for Disease Resistance to Potato Virus Y (PVY) and Black Root Rot (BRR) in Burley Tobacco

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

 

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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