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  1. CORESTA Meeting, Agronomy/Phytopathology, 2017, Santa Cruz do Sul, APPOST 07

    Effects of fertigation and micro-spraying on growth of flue-cured tobacco, soil properties and water use efficiency

    SHI Hongzhi(1); ZHANG Mengyue(1); XIE Zhan(1); YANG Huijuan(1); DUAN Weidong(2); DUN Songyang(3); LI Hongliang(3)
    (1) Henan Agricultural University / Tobacco Cultivation Key Laboratory of China Tobacco, Zhengzhou, P.R. China; (2) Henan Tobacco Industry Co. Ltd, Zhengzhou, P.R. China; (3) Xuchang Tobacco Company of Henan Province, Xuchang, P.R. China
    The use of water saving irrigation systems and technology is of great significance in tobacco production in central China due to the high frequency of drought in the early tobacco growth stages. In recent years, micro-spraying irrigation and...
  2. 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...
  3. CORESTA Meeting, Agronomy/Phytopathology, 2017, Santa Cruz do Sul, APPOST 10

    Degradable characterisation and risk assessment of suckercides residues in tobacco leaf

    LI Yiqiang; XIANG Zhenbo; XU Guangjun; XU Jinli; ZHENG Xiao; SUI Chengcheng; JIANG Huatao; ZHANG Guangyu
    Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong, P.R. China
    A modified gas chromatography technology was developed to detect suckercide residues of dlibutalin, flumetralin and pendimethalin with a series of good agricultural practice (GAP) samples at planting stage, and during the storage process and smoking...
  4. CORESTA Meeting, Agronomy/Phytopathology, 2017, Santa Cruz do Sul, APPOST 12

    Di@gnoPlant® Tobacco: a mobile tool to identify tobacco diseases

    BLANCARD D.(1); ARMAND J.M.(1); MARIGNAC E.(2)
    (1) INRA, UMR Santé et Agroécologie de la Vigne, ISVV - IFR103, Villenave-d'Ornon, France; (2) CORESTA, Paris, France
    In order to reduce the use of crop protection agents in the field, the early and reliable identification of diseases and the detection of emergent pests have proven to be crucial stages in plant protection. An early diagnosis enables implementation...
  5. CORESTA Meeting, Agronomy/Phytopathology, 2017, Santa Cruz do Sul, APPOST 13

    Fungal diversity analysis of yellow sun-cured tobacco leaves during curing

    MI Qili; QIAN Yingying; ZHU Zhouhai; GUAN Ying; GAO Qian; CHEN Jianhua; XIE Lihua; LI Xuemei; YAO Jianhua
    Yunnan Industrial Co. Ltd of CNTC, Technology Center, Kunming 650106, P.R. China
    Yellow sun-cured tobacco is a Chinese tobacco species that has been cultivated for several hundred years in China. Due to the special quality traits, yellow sun-cured tobacco is of great potential for developing Chinese style cigarettes with unique...
  6. CORESTA Meeting, Agronomy/Phytopathology, 2017, Santa Cruz do Sul, APPOST 15

    Effect of Azact CE on fungus gnats larvae (Bradysia impatiens) control in tobacco seedlings production in floating systems

    CURY L.A.(1); DE ABREU H.(2)
    (1) LACSA, Cravinhos, SP, Brazil; (2) Universidade de Cantareira, Catumbi, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
    Fungus gnats (Bradysia impatiens) are major insect pests of tobacco seedlings mainly due to the direct feeding damage caused by the larvae and adults, and the ability of larvae to transmit certain soil-borne plant pathogens to the tobacco roots....
  7. CORESTA Meeting, Agronomy/Phytopathology, 2017, Santa Cruz do Sul, APW 01 ; CORESTA Meeting, Smoke Science/Product Technology, 2017, Kitzbühel, IG 02

    Delivering positive change through the Sustainable Tobacco Programme

    YIEND O.; CLARKE H.; AHMED S.; KUSIAK A.
    AB Sustain, Peterborough, U.K.
    AB Sustain has a wealth of tobacco farming and processing sustainability data gathered over the last 16 years on a global scale. The latest iteration of our sustainability service, the Sustainable Tobacco Programme (STP), was launched in 2016. This...