Tob. Sci., 1973, 17-45, p. 137-140, ISSN.0082-4523
Response of Maryland tobacco varieties to mechanical harvesting
Department of Agronomy, Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Maryland, Maryland USA; Tobacco Laboratory, Plant Genetics and Germplasm Institute, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland USA
Seven Maryland tobacco varieties and two breeding lines were used to evaluate mechanical harvesting against the conventional hand-harvesting method. Plants harvested by machine had a lower value per hundredweight, longer cut stalk, more leaves per...