Tob. Sci., 1970, 14-47, p. 164-166, ISSN.0082-4623
Automated determination of starch in flue-cured tobacco
Agronomy Department, College of Agriculture, University of Georgia, Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton, Georgia USA
An automated method for determining starch in flue-cured tobacco has been developed. Starch is extracted from tobacco tissue by homogenization in water and subsequent boiling. The sample is gravity filtered and the filtrate sampled by the Technicon...