Effects of Barn Type and Accompanied Curing Techniques on Starch in Tobacco Leaves

The leaves from different stalk position (lower, middle and upper) of cv.Honghuadajinyuan and K326 were cured in a conventional hot air circulated barn and a new vertical stove hot air chamber barn with their accompanied curing techniques respectively.The starch contents of tobacco leaves were determined during curing and the smoking quality of cured leaves was evaluated.The results showed that the starch content of cured leaves with the conventional barn and the new barn was 6.83% and 7.73%, respectively, the differences between two treatments reached extremely significant level.The smoking quality of leaves cured with the conventional barn and its accompanied techniques was also improved to a certain extent.