Tobacco is explained in this one-of-a-kind book. Approximately 100 illustrations enhance descriptions.

Tobacco covers:

• physical and chemical properties of tobacco
• biotechnological advances in genetics and breeding
• plant cultivation and management
• control of tobacco diseases
• insect management
• leaf assessment
• curing
• processing
• product manufacture
• current and future developments in tobacco agriculture

Contents

1. Seed to Smoke
2. Breeding and Genetics
3. Biotecnology: Uses and Applications in Tobacco Improvement
4. Agronomy and Physiology
5. Production Practices
6. Major Tobacco Diseases
7. Tobacco Insect Pests
8. Leaf Chemistry
9. Physical Properties of Leaf Tobacco
10. Marketing, Processing and Storage
11. Cigarette Manufacture
12. Smoke Chemistry
13. Cigars and Cigarillos
14. Smokeless Tobacco

Index

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