Table 1 Effect of tobacco and eggplant grafting on alkaloid contents in fresh tobacco
From: Reducing the nicotine content of tobacco by grafting with eggplant
Time/d | Treatments | Alkaloid content (%) | Percentage of total alkaloids (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nicotine | Nornicotine | Anabasine | Anatabine | Total alkaloids | Nicotine | Nornicotine | Anabasine | Anatabine | ||
65 | Tobacco/tobacco | 0.4876 ± 0.02aA | 0.0239 | 0.0052 ± 0aA | 0.0249 | 0.5416 ± 0.01aA | 90.03 | 4.41 | 0.96 | 4.6 |
Tobacco/eggplant without hilling up | 0.0834 ± 0cC | – | 0.0049 ± 0bB | – | 0.0883 ± 0cC | 94.45 | – | 5.55 | – | |
Tobacco/eggplant with hilling up | 0.1416 ± 0bB | – | 0.0048 ± 0bB | – | 0.1464 ± 0.01bB | 96.72 | – | 3.28 | – | |
80 | Tobacco/tobacco | 0.6401 ± 0.01aA | 0.0283 | 0.0046 ± 0aA | 0.0317 | 0.7047 ± 0.01aA | 90.83 | 4.02 | 0.65 | 4.5 |
Tobacco/eggplant without hilling up | 0.0804 ± 0cC | – | 0.0034 ± 0cC | – | 0.0838 ± 0cC | 95.94 | – | 4.06 | – | |
Tobacco/eggplant with hilling up | 0.1507 ± 0bB | – | 0.0039 ± 0bB | – | 0.1546 ± 0.01bB | 97.48 | – | 2.52 | – | |