<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> A changing concept in recent years on the usability of tobacco leaf has introduced many problems that may, not fit the traditional requirements of leaf quality. Usability represents the state of being usable without adverse effects to consumers. Theoretical Model I with selected markers is proposed for the development of tobacco materials with emphasis on improving tobacco usability. This preliminary Model I is based on currently available data, and can be improved as new information becomes available. Plant scientists may use this model to develop leaf tobacco of improved usability either through breeding, selection, and culture, or by means of homogenized leaf curing and reconstitution</p></abstract>

A changing concept in recent years on the usability of tobacco leaf has introduced many problems that may, not fit the traditional requirements of leaf quality. Usability represents the state of being usable without adverse effects to consumers. Theoretical Model I with selected markers is proposed for the development of tobacco materials with emphasis on improving tobacco usability. This preliminary Model I is based on currently available data, and can be improved as new information becomes available. Plant scientists may use this model to develop leaf tobacco of improved usability either through breeding, selection, and culture, or by means of homogenized leaf curing and reconstitution

Leaf Quality and Usability: Theoretical Model I

Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, U.S.A.

National Cancer Institute, United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A.

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A changing concept in recent years on the usability of tobacco leaf has introduced many problems that may, not fit the traditional requirements of leaf...

Leaf Quality and Usability: Theoretical Model I

Online veröffentlicht: 14. Aug. 2014

Seitenbereich: 167 - 173

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0375

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