Tob. Sci., 1971, 15-23, p. 71, ISSN.0082-4623
Relation of damage by insects to nicotine content in burley tobacco
Plant Science Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Greeneville, Tennessee USA; Plant Science Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Oxford, North Carolina USA
Though these tests indicate that the extent of damage to burley tobacco by aphids and grasshoppers is related to nicotine content of the leaves, such damage may not serve as a practical index of percent nicotine. Cultivars with normal percent...