Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51152#.VFblsmfHRK0 Author(s) Bruna Line Carvalho 1 , Magno Antonio Patto Ramalho 1 , Carlos Eduardo Pulcinelli 2 , Adriano Teodoro Bruzi 3* Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Biology, Genetics and Breeding of Plants Program, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, Brazil . 2 Souza Cruz SA, Rio Negro, Brazil . 3 Department of Agriculture, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, Brazil . ABSTRACT Nicotine represents the predominant alkaloid in cultivated tobacco. In burley varieties, during senescence and curing of leaves, nicotine can be converted to nornicotine, which is highly undesirable because of its relationship with the to...
Scientific Research Publishing