1. CORESTA Congress, Online, 2022, Agronomy/Phytopathology Groups, AP 01

    Optimization of cytoplasmic male sterility based flue-cured tobacco hybrid seed production system

    DEERGASI Satish Kumar; VENKATA REDDY T.; VENKATA GANESH R.
    Research Department, ITC Limited – Agribusiness Division, Rajamahendravaram, India
    Tobacco is one of the commercial crops grown in India in an area of 0.45 M ha with 800 M kg production. India stands third in tobacco production and exports in the world. Flue-cured tobacco has a major share in exports. Seed is the most important...
  2. CORESTA Congress, Online, 2022, Agronomy/Phytopathology Groups, AP 02

    The interaction of water source and fertilizer chemistry on greenhouse tobacco transplant production

    REED T.D.; IRBY R.S.
    Virginia Tech, Southern Piedmont Center, Blackstone, VA, U.S.A
    A float greenhouse transplant study was conducted at the Virginia Tech Southern Piedmont Center (Blackstone, Virginia, United States) to evaluate the interaction of water source and fertilizer analysis on tobacco transplant production. One water...
  3. CORESTA Congress, Online, 2022, Agronomy/Phytopathology Groups, AP 03

    The impact of starter fertilizer to flue-cured tobacco growth

    VANN M.C.(1); DABBS D.W.(2)
    (1) Department of Crop & Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.; (2) Alamance Cooperative Extension, Burlington, NC, U.S.A.
    An increasing number of flue-cured tobacco farmers are including water soluble fertilizer products in transplant water applications. The goal of these starter fertilizer programs is to supply a small quantity of phosphorus, which may stimulate...
  4. CORESTA Congress, Online, 2022, Agronomy/Phytopathology Groups, AP 04

    Developing nitrogen and potassium fertilizer recommendations for Connecticut broadleaf cigar wrapper tobacco in North Carolina

    SHORT M.M.; VANN M.C.; CHEEK J.A.; MACHACEK J.L.; WHITLEY D.S.
    North Carolina State University – Crop and Soil Sciences Department, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
    Connecticut broadleaf cigar wrapper tobacco is a new crop to North Carolina. As such research-based fertilizer recommendations are needed to assist farmers with commercial production. Nitrogen (N) and potassium (K) rate trials were conducted in four...