HUBEI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ›› 2025, Vol. 64 ›› Issue (1): 88-94.doi: 10.14088/j.cnki.issn0439-8114.2025.01.016

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Spatial variation characteristics and influencing factors of tobacco leaf sensory quality in Qujing tobacco-growing regions

CHEN Han1, LI Zhuo-rong1, YANG Li-ping2, LI Kai2, LIU Dong-mei2, MA Li2, DENG Guo-bin1, LI Zu-hong2   

  1. 1. Forestry College, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650204, China;
    2. Qujing Branch of Yunnan Tobacco Company, Qujing 655000, Yunnan, China
  • Received:2024-05-16 Published:2025-02-20

Abstract: Based on tobacco leaves in nine major tobacco-planting regions in Qujing City, the spatial distribution characteristics of sensory quality of tobacco leaves in Qujing City were explored. In October 2022, 227 primary roasted middle tobacco leaves were collected from nine tobacco-planting regions in Qujing to determine sensory quality, appearance quality, physical characteristics and chemical composition of tobacco leaves. ArcGIS was used to analyze the spatial distribution of sensory quality of Qujing tobacco leaves, and the effects of appearance quality, physical characteristics and chemical composition on sensory quality were explored by random forest and other methods. The results showed that the overall sensory quality of tobacco leaves in Qujing tobacco-growing regions was good, but there were spatial differences. The variation was parabolic from north to south, the east-west trend was an inverted “U” shape, both sides were low and the middle was high. Correlation analysis showed that color, chroma, total sugar, reducing sugar and potassium oxide had significant positive correlations with sensory quality. Leaf weight, filling value and total nitrogen were negatively correlated with sensory quality. The random forest model was used to analyze the contribution degree of each index to sensory quality of tobacco leaves. The degree of influence on sensory quality from strong to weak was total sugar, reducing sugar, total nitrogen, potassium, and chroma. In summary, there were spatial differences in sensory quality of tobacco leaves in nine tobacco-planting counties in Qujing City, which could provide reference for the selection of characteristic raw materials for industrial enterprises. The reason for the difference may be related to the changes in the contents of total sugar, reducing sugar, total nitrogen and potassium in tobacco leaves. Therefore, it was suggested that the contents of total sugar, reducing sugar, total nitrogen and potassium in tobacco leaves should be controlled by directional technology to optimize or stabilize the sensory quality of tobacco leaves in Qujing City.

Key words: Qujing tobacco-growing regions, tobacco leaf, spatial change, sensory quality, influencing factor

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