CORESTA Congress, Shanghai, 2008, AP 03
Changes in nicotine to nornicotine conversion levels during the production of Burley Foundation and Certified seed
University of Kentucky, Princeton, KY, USA
Burley tobaccos have higher and more variable levels of nornicotine and NNN (N'-nitrosonornicotine) than other tobacco types. Because of this, Burley Foundation seed stocks are routinely rogued or "screened" of plants that convert, or demethylate,...