CORESTA Meeting, Agronomy/Phytopathology, 2017, Santa Cruz do Sul, APPOST 09
Sustaining low TSNA levels in Malawi Burley tobacco using the LC Protocol
CHAMANGO A.M.Z.(1); SIBANDE L.A.G.O.(1); JACK A.M.(2); GOMONDA R.W.J.(1); JI H.(2); MPHEMBERA A.(1); MWANYONGO A.(1); MSANGOSOKO K.R.(1); KHUMBANYIWA A.G.(1); KUMWENDA R.L.N.(1)
(1) Agricultural Research and Extension Trust (ARET), Lilongwe, Malawi; (2) University of Kentucky, Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Burley tobacco has variable levels of conversion of nicotine to nornicotine, the precursor for the main Burley tobacco specific nitrosamine (TSNA), N’-nitrosonornicotine (NNN). Malawian tobacco is inherently low in TSNA levels, affording a...