Tob. Sci., 1984, 28-02, p. 3-6, ISSN. 0082-4523
Metered applications of calcium nitrate in overhead irrigation: effects on yield and quality of shade-grown cigar wrapper tobacco
Dept of Soil and Water and Plant Pathology, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Valley Laboratory, Windsor, CT, USA; Dept of Soil and Water, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT, USA
The effects of metering Ca(NO3)2 as the sole source of N on shadegrown cigar wrapper tobacco by means of overhead irrigation were investigated. In 1980, N metered on at total rates of 134 and 202 kg/ha in eight equal installments throughout the...