PHYSICAL COMPOSITIONS OF TOBACCO OF THE VARIETY PRILEP 66 9, DEPENDING ON THE MATURITY OF THE TOBACCO LEAVES AT THE TIME OF HARVEST
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oriental tobacco, variety Prilep 66 9, physical characteristics, maturityAbstract
The physical characteristics of tobacco leaves are the basic indicators that enable the assessment of tobacco quality in practice. They reflect the structure and chemical composition of the leaf and are closely related to the smoking and flavor properties of the tobacco. A field experiment with the oriental tobacco variety Prilep 66-9 was conducted in 2022 at the experimental field of the Scientific Tobacco Institute – Prilep, following standard methodology. Three variants were included in the experiment: tobacco harvested at technological maturity, before technological maturity (green/unripe state), and after technological maturity (overripe state). The main aim of the experiment was to assess the quality of tobacco depending on the time of harvest. Considering their importance in the industrial processing of tobacco, leaf substantiality, thickness and midrib content were analyzed. The results showed significant differences among the investigated maturity stages for all examined physical properties (p < 0.05), with the highest leaf thickness and substantiality recorded at technological maturity.
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