Tobacco /
B. C. Akehurst.
- 2d ed.
- London ; New York : Longman, 1981.
- xiii, 764 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Tropical agriculture series .
CONTENTS
Part 1: the plant and its uses tobacco and its place in the world the diversification of tobacco the growth , plant structure and genetics
Part 2: culture and processing the establishment of crops in the field the general principle of field culture flue-cured tobacco-areas, forms of production and field management flue-cured tobacco-harvesting and leaf handling dark fire-cured tobacco burley, Maryland and other light air-cured tobaccos dark air-cured tobaccos oriental tobacco diseases of tobacco insect pests of tobacco
Part 3: chemical and technological matters tobacco nutrition, growth and processing chemical composition of cured tobacco usability and some properties important for the manufactured product and its creation the manufacture and consumption of the product modifications to tobacco production and processing techniques and the search for alternative smoking materials