Tob. Sci., 1981, 25-18, p. 64-67, ISSN. 0082-4523
Mechanical harvesting of flue-cured tobacco Part 12: Pre-curing crushing of midribs
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina USA
In bright-leaf tobacco curing the midrib, primarily because of its thickness, requires one to two days of drying after the leaf lamina is dry. Although the amount of moisture remaining in the midrib at the end of lamina drying is relatively small as...