[' ', 'Given', 'the', 'unique', 'climatic', 'conditions', 'of', 'Spain,', 'it', 'is', 'noteworthy', 'that', 'the', 'traditionally', 'held', 'correlation', 'between', 'physical', 'properties', 'and', 'chemical', 'and', 'subjective', 'performance', 'do', 'not', 'appear', 'to', 'hold.', 'Results', 'from', 'the', '1988/89', 'evaluations', 'of', 'tobaccos', 'from', 'Spain', 'tend', 'to', 'suggest', 'that', 'some', 'of', 'the', 'practices', 'that', 'improve', 'the', 'subjective', 'properties', 'of', 'the', 'tobacco,', 'are', 'in', 'fact', 'detrimental', 'to', 'the', 'physical', 'appearance.', 'Tangible', 'results', 'were', 'obtained', 'from', 'the', '1988/89', 'investigations', 'in', 'the', 'five', 'principal', 'problem', 'areas', 'for', 'quality', 'leaf', 'production', 'in', 'Spain.', 'We', 'must', 'continue', 'to', 'address', 'these', 'areas', 'of', 'concern', 'which', 'include', 'varieties,', 'fertilization,', 'plant', 'development,', 'maturity', 'and', 'curing,', 'and', 'the', 'chemical', 'balance', 'of', 'the', 'leaf.', "Cetarsa's", 'active', 'involvement', 'in', 'the', '1988/89', 'program', 'contributed', 'to', 'the', 'results', 'obtained.', 'Given', 'the', 'extent', 'of', "Cetarsa's", 'active', 'involvement', 'in', 'the', '1988/89', 'program,', 'we', 'feel', 'that', 'the', '1989/90', 'program', 'should', 'be', 'coordinated', 'through', 'Cetarsa.', 'We', 'feel', 'that', 'coordinating', 'this', 'program', 'through', 'Cetarsa', 'will', 'foster', 'cooperation', 'and', 'facilitate', 'a', 'faster', 'incorporation', 'of', 'proper', 'cultural', 'management', 'practices', 'at', 'the', 'farm', 'level.', 'Suggested', 'Investigations', 'for', '1989/90', 'The', 'major', 'aspects', 'of', 'the', 'experimental', 'design', 'should', 'remain', 'the', 'same', 'as', 'utilized', 'in', 'the', '1988/89', 'experiments.', 'It', 'continues', 'to', 'be', 'essential', 'that', 'Philip', 'Morris', 'advisors', 'set', 'up', 'the', 'experiments', 'and', 'monitor', 'them', 'on', 'a', 'regular', 'basis', 'and', 'coordinate', 'with', 'Cetarsa', 'on', 'the', 'collection', 'of', 'data,', 'samples', 'and', 'other', 'pertinent', 'information', 'relative', 'to', 'these', 'investigations.', 'Changes', 'made', 'in', '1988', 'relative', 'to', 'the', 'number', 'of', 'PM', 'advisors', 'in', 'Spain', 'necessitates', 'a', 'free', 'exchange', 'of', 'information', 'on', 'investigations', 'proposed', 'by', 'Philip', 'Morris,', 'as', 'well', 'as', 'those', 'independent', 'investigations', 'conducted', 'by', 'Cetarsa', 'to', 'efficiently', 'move', 'in', 'the', 'direction', 'of', 'better', 'leaf', 'quality.', 'Suggested', 'investigations', 'for', '1989/90', 'are', 'found', 'below:', '1.', 'Varieties', '(flue-cured', 'and', 'burley)', '-', 'As', 'stated', 'in', 'Tast', "year's", 'program,', 'the', 'Variety', 'Testing', 'Program', 'is', 'an', 'on-going', 'investigation.', 'Tobacco', 'varieties', 'should', 'be', 'tested', 'on', 'an', 'annual', 'basis', 'to', 'determine', 'their', 'suitability', 'for', 'tocal', 'conditions.', 'Although', 'valuable', 'information', 'was', 'obtained', 'from', 'the', '1988/89', 'variety', 'experiments,', 'it', 'is', 'important', 'to', 'repeat', 'these', 'trials', 'for', 'the', 'following', 'reasons.', 'A.', 'Results', 'obtained', 'from', 'the', '1988/89', 'study', 'were', 'not', 'favorable', 'for', 'the', 'varieties', 'EMH2,', '3,', 'and', '§.', 'These', 'varieties', 'should', 'be', 'retested', 'in', 'the', '1989/90', 'program', 'in', 'an', 'effort', 'to', 'make', 'some', 'definitive', 'decision', 'on', 'the', 'future', 'role', 'of', 'these', 'varieties', 'in', 'the', 'Spanish', 'tobacco', 'program.', 'B.', 'Also,', 'due', 'to', 'the', 'serious', 'TMV', 'problem', 'in', 'Spain,', 'it', 'is', 'necessary', 'to', 'continue', 'investigating', 'the', 'resistant', 'varieties', 'of', 'EMH5', 'and', 'Coker', '176', 'in', 'an', 'attempt', 'to', 'optimize', 'their', 'subjective', 'characteristics', 'through', 'improved', 'cultural', 'management', 'for', 'these', 'specific', 'varieties.', '9TOE99SSOe']