Date Available
7-24-2019
Year of Publication
2019
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Document Type
Master's Thesis
College
Agriculture, Food and Environment
Department/School/Program
Plant and Soil Sciences
First Advisor
Dr. William A. Bailey
Abstract
Field trials were conducted in 2016, 2017 and 2018 with dark fire-cured, dark air-cured, and burley tobacco at Princeton, Murray and Lexington Kentucky. Tobacco variety used in 2016 was a low converter (LC) variety, varieties used in 2017 and 2018 were LC and higher converter (HC) varieties. Potassium sources used at all locations and in all years were potassium sulfate (K2SO4) and potassium chloride (KCl). Application rates used at all locations and in all years were 93, 186, 279 kg K ha-1along with an untreated control that received no potassium. In all trials, tobacco that was treated with either potassium source yielded numerically higher than the untreated control. In seven out of 10 trials, LC varieties had a higher moisture content than HC varieties. Tobacco treated with KCl had higher chloride levels than tobacco treated with K2SO4.Quality grade index was similar for tobacco treated with KCl compared to tobacco treated with K2SO4. In all trials, tobacco treated with KCl had numerically lower Tobacco Specific Nitrosamines (TSNA) levels than tobacco treated with K2SO4. Reductions in TSNA levels were 30% lower in tobacco treated with KCl compared to tobacco treated with K2SO4.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2019.313
Funding Information
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Recommended Citation
Keeney, Andrea Brooke, "Effects of Potassium Source and Rate on Yield, Quality, and Leaf Chemistry of Dark and Burley Tobacco, and Residual Effects of Soil K Levels" (2019). Theses and Dissertations--Plant and Soil Sciences. 120.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/pss_etds/120
