2008 Tobacco Research Results

2008 Tobacco Variety Trials

Dark Fire-Cured Variety Trials:                UKREC, Princeton                      MSU, Murray                     HRREC, Springfield
                                                                         Graves County                             Christian County             Cheatham County

Dark Air-Cured Variety Trials:                  UKREC, Princeton                MSU, Murray               HRREC, Springfield
                                                                         Cheatham County                 Muhlenberg Co.-Pearson        Muhlenberg Co.-Miller
                                                                          Laurel County

Burley Variety Trials:                                  UKREC, Princeton

Black Shank Variety Trials:                       Christian County Dark-Fired        Graves County Dark-Fired        Daviess County Dark Air

Transplant Production

2008 Dark Tobacco Float Bed Report

Insecticide Trials

Belt Insecticide           Admire Pro       Capture/Brigadier-Springfield             Capture/Brigadier-Murray                                  Experimental A-Princeton Dark         Experimental A-Murray Burley
Experimental B-Springfield         Coragen Trial-Springfield

Fungicide Trials

Ridomil/Quadris Combinations    Experimental Black Shank Fungicide-Christian Co.
Experimental Black Shank Fungicide-Graves Co.         Experimental Blue Mold Fungicide-Springfield
Experimental Blue Mold Fungicide-Murray

Herbicide Trials

Experimental-Murray

Sucker Control Trials

Regional Burley Sucker Control-Princeton                  Regional Dark Sucker Control-Princeton
Regional Dark Sucker Control-Springfield                  

Fertility Trials

Foliar Nitamin Trial            Helena Products                  Nitrogen Source Comparisons     Foliar Calcium Supplements      

Other Trials

Strip-Till vs. Conventional Tillage-Carlisle Co.           Variety/Nitrogen/Housing Density Comparisons-Princeton
Dark Tobacco Response to Rotation and Ridomil-Year 2-Springfield
Mechanical Harvester Evaluation