Tob. Sci., 1973, 17-33, p. 96-98, ISSN.0082-4523
Influence of herbicides on burley tobacco leaf chemistry
Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station, Kentucky USA
Three herbicides-benefin, diphenamid, and pebulate-at use and double use rates did not alter the alkaloids, total nitrogen, total volatile bases or total sterols of mature, air-cured tobacco leaf. However, benefin significantly lowered the nitrate...