Table 4 Effect of tobacco and eggplant grafting on the chemical composition of cured tobacco
From: Reducing the nicotine content of tobacco by grafting with eggplant
Position | Treatments | Protein | Total sugar | Reducing sugar | Nicotine | Total nitrogen | Starch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Upper leaf | Tobacco / tobacco | 13.89 ± 0.33bA | 19.30 ± 0.18aA | 17.17 ± 0.25aA | 1.89 ± 0.03aA | 3.11 ± 0.03cB | 3.05 ± 0.08cC |
Tobacco / eggplant without hilling up | 14.15 ± 0.07aA | 18.12 ± 0.47bB | 15.84 ± 0.12cB | 0.10 ± 0.01bB | 3.21 ± 0.01aA | 5.46 ± 0.05aA | |
Tobacco / eggplant with hilling up | 14.26 ± 0.21aA | 18.98 ± 0.30aA | 16.13 ± 0.10bB | 0.27 ± 0.01bB | 3.15 ± 0.07bA | 3.41 ± 0.14bB | |
Middle leaf | Tobacco / tobacco | 12.27 ± 0.43bB | 16.87 ± 0.44aA | 15.79 ± 0.25aA | 2.00 ± 0.04aA | 2.34 ± 0.03bB | 3.41 ± 0.03cB |
Tobacco / eggplant without hilling up | 13.60 ± 0.30aA | 14.88 ± 0.02bB | 12.77 ± 0.18bB | 0.11 ± 0.01bB | 2.45 ± 0.05aA | 5.29 ± 0.22aA | |
Tobacco / eggplant with hilling up | 13.85 ± 0.12aA | 14.00 ± 0.05bB | 12.26 ± 0.32bB | 0.31 ± 0.02bB | 2.49 ± 0.08aA | 3.67 ± 0.16bB |