Tob. Sci., 1979, 23-42, p. 143-147, ISSN. 0082-4523
Plant spacing effects on some agronomic-economic considerations of conventional burley tobacco production
PEEDIN G.F.; DAVIS R.L.; ROSS H.F.
Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina USA; West Virginia Department of Agriculture, Point Pleasant, Virginia USA
Since the burley tobacco quota system was changed from a land area to a weight basis in 1971, producer interest has shifted toward increasing per-plant yield to reduce labor and costs associated with the handling of individual or small groups of...