Tob. Sci., 1978, 22-11, p. 39-40, ISSN. 0082-4523
Levels of ethylene and carbon dioxide during flue-curing of tobacco and their relationship to pol rot infection caused by Rhizopus arrhizus
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Delhi, Ontario, Canada; Department of Horticultural Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
There was no appreciable change in 02 concentration during flue-curing but C2H4 levels ranged between 30-300 ppb and levels of CO2 between 10 to 20 times those of the atmospheric air. In two electrically-heated curing chambers levels of C2H4 and CO2...