Bacteria dynamics and its correlation with chemical composition changes in tobacco leaves during flue curing.

( 2010 ) indicated that the number of bacteria during the curing process shows an increasing trend at the yellowing stage followed by a decrease at later curing stages.

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The discrepancy of nicotine content changes through flue curing may be related to the leaf positions or mature states by harvest, for we detected a significant increase in lower leaves and a decreasing trend in upper leaves after curing (Fig. 1 ).

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