Quality Characteristics of the Bulgarian Oriental Tobacco Origins – Crop 1998

D. DRACHEV

Institute of Tobacco and Tobacco Products, BG-4108 Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Abstract

DRACHEV, D., 2000. Quality characteristics of the Bulgarian Oriental tobacco origins – crop 1998. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 6: 243-250

Some questions are discussed about the consumer properties of the Bulgarian tobacco oriental origins. Investigated is the chemical composition by determination of chemical indicators and quality ratios. The results are obtained about the quality of origins from different quality groups (classes). The conclusions are presented about the chemical composition of tobacco of crop 1998.

Key words: oriental tobacco, quality, chemical indicators, technological indicators