Investigation on technological indexes of large leaf tobaccos produced in different areas in Bulgaria
2004
Drachev, D. (Tobacco and Tobacco Products Institute, Plovdiv (Bulgaria))
The aim of present investigation is to determine quality level tobaccos of the same variety, produced in different areas of our country and to make comparison to same countries typical producers.Tobaccos type Virginia variety V 454 and type Burley variety 1317 were analyzed in respect of: tobacco chemical composition, tobacco smoke chemical composition and physical indexes.The results of comparative assessment of Virginia tobacco show that essential differences haven't in respect of quality between it, but the tobacco from Byala Slatina area is with better quality.The Bulgarian tobaccos (Virginia and Burley) have comparatively good quality in comparison to large leaf tobaccos from counties typical producess, but it defer to some indexes - lower nicotine content, higher sugar content and higher values of number overall nitrogen/nicotiine.
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