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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2014, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (19): 223-230.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.2013-3410

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Inter-annual Variance of Flue-cured Tobacco Quality and Analysis Factors of Sensory Quality in Chongqing Tobacco Districts

  

  • Received:2013-12-30 Revised:2014-02-13 Online:2014-07-05 Published:2014-07-05

Abstract: To study the inter- annual variance of tobacco quality and the correlativity between chemical components and sensory quality in Chongqing, 245 samples from twelve tobacco growing counties among five years in Chongqing were analyzed. The results indicated that the content of total sugar and reducing sugar in 2010 and 2011 years were at first level, while the content of total nitrogen and nicotine in 2010 and 2011 years were at lowest level. The content of K2O of middle and upper leaf reached the significant level in different years. The ratio of reducing sugar to nicotine was suitable for upper leaf, and the ratio of nitrogen to nicotine was suitable for lower leaf. However, the ratios of K2O to Cl- were higher than the fitting range in three stalk positions. The sensory qualities of three stalk positions have been basically improved year by year. Canonical correlation analysis showed that the irritation of lower leaf was significantly positively correlated with total nitrogen. However, the sweetness was significantly negatively correlated with total nitrogen. Aroma quantity was significantly negatively correlated with the ratio of reducing sugar to nicotine and the content of Cl-, but it was significantly positively correlated with the ratio of nitrogen to nicotine. In the terms of middle leaf, the irritation increased with the decrease of K2O, and increased with the increase of nicotine; Aroma quality was improved by the increasing of reducing and K2O, and fell with the total sugar. The softness was significantly negatively correlated with nicotine, and was significantly positively correlated with K2O, ratio of nitrogen to nicotine and difference of total sugar and reducing sugar. Offensive taste was significantly positively correlated with the ratio of reducing sugar to nicotine, significantly negatively correlated with the ratio of nitrogen to nicotine. The sweetness increased along with increasing of the ratio reducing sugar to nicotine. The irritation increased along with increasing of nicotine and the ratio of nitrogen to nicotine in upper leaf.