CORESTA Meeting, Agronomy/Phytopathology, 2011, Santiago, AP 05
Reduction of nornicotine in experimental burley tobaccos and impact on N-nitrosonornicotine in lamina and smoke
(1) Altria Client Services Inc, Richmond, VA, USA; (2) North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
The levels and stability of nornicotine in burley tobaccos have been of considerable interest because of nornicotine's role as a primary precursor in the accumulation of N-nitrosonornicotine (NNN) during and after curing. Efforts to screen foundation...