CORESTA Meeting, Agronomy/Phytopathology, 2017, Santa Cruz do Sul, AP 18
The effect of lower leaf removal and nitrogen application to flue-cured tobacco yield, crop throw, and economic return
(1) North Carolina State University, Department of Crop & Soil Sciences, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.; (2) North Carolina State University, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Research was conducted in North Carolina to quantify the impact of the number of lower stalk leaves removed at topping and the subsequent application of four rates of liquid nitrogen. At topping, either 0, 4, or 8 leaves were removed from the lower...