Tob. Sci., 1986, 30-16, p. 62-65, ISSN. 0082-4523
Burley mechanization. Part I. Effects of various amounts of priming on yield, price, value, and leaf alkaloids
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
In a series of field experiments conducted over a period of three years, the author has determined that priming the lower ¼ of the stalk increased yield by about 5 percent over the conventional stalk-cut method. Priming the lower ¾ of the stalk...