CORESTA Meeting, Agronomy/Phytopathology, 2023, Cancun, AP 33
Tobacco leaf transcriptomic analysis unveils differential effects of potassium chloride and potassium sulphate on formation of tobacco specific nitrosamines
SINGH S.K.(1); PATTANAIK S.(1); WEBB A.B.(2); BAILEY W.A.(2); PEARCE R.C.(2); LING Yuan(1,2)
(1) Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center, and (2) Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Tobacco specific nitrosamines (TSNA), such as N’-nitrosonornicotine (NNN), are carcinogenic metabolites accumulated in tobacco leaves during curing. Nornicotine is the major precursor of NNN. A recent study has shown that applying potassium chloride...