Tob. Sci., 1971, 15-14, p. 43, ISSN.0082-4623
Accelerated synthetic curing of flue-cured tobacco with CEPA, diastase and microwave energy
Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton, Georgia USA; Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USA; University of Georgia, College of Agriculture, Georgia USA
In a field experiment with flue-cured tobacco, mature leaves were treated with 2-chloroethylphosphonic acid (CEPA) which has been shown to yellow mature tobacco on the stalk, in combination with diastase to promote starch-sugar conversion and a microwave oven as a rapid method of drying. Total nitrogen, nicotine alkaloids and reducing sugars were within acceptable limits and starch was reduced to near acceptable limits with the CEPA-diastase combination.
(Full article published with kind permission from "Tobacco International")