Tob. Sci., 1986, 30-26, p. 100-103, ISSN. 0082-4523
Nitrate reduction during curing and processing of burley tobacco
Department of Agronomy (LLP, MSS JLH, CTM) and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service (JLH, CTM), University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
The formation of NO-2, a reactant in nitrosamine formation, was characterized in incubations which simulated air-curing and processing of NO-3 containing burley tobacco. Large populations of bacteria capable of respiring NO-1 to NO-2 (NO-2...