I postulate differently, to me smoking a greener pigment is harsher than smoking a lesser green. 27 years of first hand scientific experimentation lead me to believe this. Interesting study and I'm sure everything is correct but doesn't disprove any of what i'm saying. Different cultivars taste differently at different cure stages, I guess it's something that can't really be proven, it's too subjective. We have different taste. I don't flush, the weed, it isn't as developed and not as good, I grow organic. I just can see it's application. I've had weed that took 4 months before it was smoke able because I overfeed and didn't flush. I grew a clone of her that was delicious much earlier when grown organically, she took up nutrients how she wanted and the leaf material wasn't nearly as green. Agree to postulate differently.