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Housing Burley Tobacco On Portable Curing Frames, Elmon E. Yoder, Ira E. Massie

Agronomy Notes

Portable frames, wood and steel, and tractor lifts will make tobacco housing a little easier. The following story describes the use of these items in housing a burley tobacco crop.

Management Practices To Reduce Losses Caused By Hail Damage To Burley Tobacco, Allen Wallace, George Byers, Terry Rock

Agronomy Notes

It is estimated that Kentucky farmers have suffered income losses caused by hail damage to burley tobacco in excess of $6 million annually over the last five years . Such losses could often be substantially reduced through proper management of the crop following hail, according to studies involving artificial and natural hail damage.

Chemical Weed Control In Tobacco Fields, James W. Herron

Agronomy Notes

Enide 50W and Vernam 6E are the two herbicides recommended in 1968 for weed control in tobacco fields.

A Burley Tobacco Variety-Management Study In 1966-67, Jones H. Smiley, W. O. Atkinson, A. M. Wallace, Ira E. Massie

Agronomy Notes

A management study was designed to investigate the desirability of two management systems emphasizing (1) yield and (2) quality and a third system (3) aimed at achieving an acceptable level of both yield and quality. (These are hereafter referred to as the "high yield, " "quality, " and "yield and quality" systems, respectively.)

Two varieties, Burley 21 and Ky 10, were grown under the three management systems (outlined in Table 1) in 1/4 acre non-replicated plots at five locations in Kentucky in 1966 and at seven locations in 1967. A three-year or older sod was selected at each location. Phosphorus …

Control Of Black Root Rot In Dark Tobacco, Glenn B. Collins, Paul D. Legg, C. C. Litton

Agronomy Notes

Reports of the increasing prevalence of black root rot in the areas where dark tobacco types are grown has triggered an accelerated effort from the tobacco research staff to develop and release additional varieties with high resistance to this disease. The high level of resistance to black root rot found in Nicotiana debneyi (an Australian species) is being used as the source of resistance in the breeding program.

Agronomy Department Tobacco Projects, John Ragland

Agronomy Notes

Here is a list of the 24 tobacco projects (state, USDA, and Smoking and Health Research) being conducted by the Agronomy Department at the University of Kentucky. We hope this will make you more fully aware of the research presently underway on tobacco. Information obtained from these projects will be sent to you from time to time in this newsletter. If you would like more information about these projects, write to the Department of Agronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. 40506.

Tobacco Bed Treatment With Enide 50w, J. W. Herron, J. F. Freeman

Agronomy Notes

Enide 50W is recommended for trial use on tobacco beds for 1968. The results of treatments with Enide in Kentucky in 1967 have been somewhat variable; therefor e, until additional information is obtained and the tobacco grower becomes more experienced in applying the chemical, it should be used on a trial basis.

Control Annual Weeds In Tobacco Fields With Herbicides, J. F. Freeman

Agronomy Notes

In the years 1957 to 1967 inclusive, many promising herbicides have been used in Kentucky research trials for controlling annual weeds in tobacco fields. Burley tobacco has been used every year at Lexington, for 4 years at Eden Shale farm in Owen county, and 1 year in McCracken county, while dark air-cured tobacco was used for 4 years at the Western Kentucky Substation, Princeton.