Tob. Sci., 1965, 9-17, p. 80-84, ISSN.0082-4623
The influence of leaf maturity and other factors on the drying rate of bright-leaf tobacco
Harvesting and Farm Processing Research Branch, USDA, Agricultural Engineering Department, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky; and Agricultural Engineering Department, North Carolina State College, Raleigh, North Carolina USA
The investigation was concerned with the measurement of drying rates of flue-cured tobacco at different levels of leaf maturity and under a drying condition equivalent to that employed in the early phase of the curing process. Leaves were selected at...