CORESTA Congress, Paris, 2006, AP 20
Reducing TSNAs in air-cured tobaccos by controlled environment curing
North Carolina State University, Dept. of Crop Science, and Dept. of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Raleigh, NC, USA
Tobacco specific nitrosamine (TSNA) concentration in air-cured tobaccos varies from year-to-year, largely due to differences in the curing environments. High nitrate concentrations in the leaf may be reduced to nitrite by microbial activity under...