Tobacco
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A study was conducted in order to investigate the incorporation of dehumidification into the curing cycle of flue-cured tobacco. Multiple cures of cultivar K326 flue-cured tobacco were made over three harvesting seasons. Tobacco from the same source and stalk position was cured in a barn coupled to a heat-pump-dehumidifier and, for comparison, in a conventional barn heated with an open flame propane furnace. In the heatpump barn, dehumidification was applied during the lamina and stem drying phases, but not during the coloring and color-drying transition phases of the curing cycle. During successive cures of each season, modifications were made in the operation of the heatpump barn in order to improve performance. A procedure for curing with dehumidification was developed. Dehumidification was found to automatically raise temperature and reduce humidity, causing a set in lamina color. Tobacco cured in the heat-pump barn was found to have at least comparable quality with that cured in the conventional barn as determined by standard chemical analyses and USDA grade. There was a significant reduction of Tobacco Specific Nitrosamines (TSNA) in the tobacco cured in the heatpump barn as compared with tobacco conventionally cured. A short burst of high temperature heat was effective in finalizing stem drying in the heat-pump barn. Dehumidification constituted only 26.8 percent of the total energy use in the heat-pump barn.
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B 892
Irrigating Tobacco
This publication is a comprehensive guide to irrigation methods for tobacco in Georgia.
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This publication presents the results of the 2019 statewide performance tests of peanut, cotton, and tobacco. The tests for various evaluations were conducted at several or all of the following locations: Bainbridge, Tifton, Plains and Midville in the Coastal Plain region and Athens in the Piedmont region.
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This publication presents the results of the 2018 statewide performance tests of peanut, cotton, and tobacco. The tests for various evaluations were conducted at several or all of the following locations: Bainbridge, Tifton, Plains and Midville in the Coastal Plain region and Athens in the Piedmont region.
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This publication presents the results of the 2017 statewide performance tests of peanut, cotton, and tobacco. The tests for various evaluations were conducted at several or all of the following locations: Bainbridge, Tifton, Plains and Midville in the Coastal Plain region and Athens in the Piedmont region.
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This research report presents the results of the 2016 statewide performance tests of peanut, cotton, and tobacco. The tests for various evaluations were conducted at several or all of the following locations: Bainbridge, Tifton, Plains and Midville in the Coastal Plain region and Athens in the Piedmont region.
Agronomic information such as grade, fiber data, plant height, lodging, disease occurrence, etc., is listed along with the yield data. Information concerning planting and harvest dates, soil type, and culture and fertilization practices used in each trial is included in footnotes.
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SB 63-10
2016 Tobacco Research Report
This report contains the most recent results of tobacco research programs at the University of Georgia in 2016.
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SB 63-9
2015 Tobacco Research Report
This report contains the most recent results of tobacco research programs at the University of Georgia in 2015.
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This research report presents the results of the 2015 statewide performance tests of peanut, cotton, and tobacco. The tests for various evaluations were conducted at several or all of the following locations: Bainbridge, Tifton, Plains and Midville in the Coastal Plain region and Athens in the Piedmont region.
Agronomic information such as grade, fiber data, plant height, lodging, disease occurrence, etc., is listed along with the yield data. Information concerning planting and harvest dates, soil type, and culture and fertilization practices used in each trial is included in footnotes.
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