45th TWC, Tob. Work. Conf., 2012, abstr. 32
High-capacity market preparation for burley tobacco
Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Dept., University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546 USA
A high-capacity market preparation method for whole-plant, air-cured burley tobacco was investigated. Cured plants were cut into axial segments and leaf and stalk material were separated via mechanical/pneumatic processing. Fifty cured plants were...