Colorimetric and Chemical Characteristics of Grey Leaf Tobacco

Grey 증상 잎담배의 색채 및 화학성분 특성

This experiment was conducted to get the fundamental information about the difference in color and some chemical components of grey flue-cured tobacco cultivated in paddy field to compare with normal tobacco. Cured leaves of NC82 were separated with visual characters into three classes of slight, fair and severe symptoms of grey leaf by percentage of grey parts to whole leaf area, and compared to normal ones. Occurrence of grey leaves tended to be higher in lower stalk position than in upper ones. Cl, Mn and Fe content of grey leaves was much higher when it compared with normal leaves, and within the same leaf, grey parts were increased in Fe, Mn and Cl content than in those of normal parts but there was no appearent difference in total sugar, nicotine and Ca contents. Chemical analysis of grey leaf samples indicated that they contained more Fe, Mn and Cl contents than those of normal leaves. These tendencies in chemical traits were accordance with the degree of grey symptoms. Grey leaves showed remarkably lower b*value and slightly lower L*value than those of normal leaves, while a*value was mostly higher in grey leaves. In general, grey appearence of grey flue-curd tobacco seemed to be from less yellowish color, poorer brightness with more brownish or reddish color.

논담배 품질저하 요인으로 알려져 있는 grey엽발생원인 구명의 기초자료로 이용하기 위하여 논토양에서 자연발생된 grey엽을 채취, 피해정도별로 색채와 화학성분적 특성을 조사 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. Grey엽의 발생엽수와 발생율은 하위엽에서 가장 많았고 중 > 본 > 상엽 순이었으며 엽중성분함량은 정상엽에 비하여 Fe, Mn, Cl함량이 놓았고 피해증상이 심할수록 높았다. 2. 동일엽내에서 grey피해부위가 정상부위에 비하여 Fe, Mn, Cl함량이 높고 전질소, 에테르추출물은 낮았으며, 니코틴, 전당, Ca함량에서는 차이가 없었다. 3. Grey엽의 내용성분간에는 전질소와 Cl, Fe와 Mn간에 정상관이, 전질소와 전당 및 Mn, Cl과 전당간에는 각각 부의 상관관계가 있었다. 4. 색상은 정상엽에 비하여 증상이 심할수록 L치가 크게 감소하고 b치, a치 순으로 감소하였으며, L치와 a치는 일정한 경향이 없었으나 b치는 현저히 낮아 grey엽의 특성으로 나타났다.