CORESTA Meeting, Agronomy/Phytopathology, 2019, Victoria Falls, AP 20
Implications of chloride application rate and nitrogen fertilizer source on flue-cured tobacco
(1) North Carolina State University, Department of Crop & Soil Sciences, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.; (2) North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services - Agronomic Division, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Chloride (Cl-) assimilation by flue-cured tobacco can be toxic and may negatively impact leaf quality and combustion when tissue concentration exceeds 1 %. Uptake is influenced by exposure to NH4+ and Cl-, particularly that coming from fertilizer....