Bull. Spec. CORESTA Symposium, Taormina, 1986, p. 107, ST15, ISSN.0525-6240
Near-infrared spectrophotometry of tobacco leaf for estimating total particulate matter yield of smoke
USDA-ARS, Crops Research Lab, Oxford, NC, USA
A project was undertaken at the Tobacco Research Laboratory, Oxford, N.C., to develop tobacco breeding lines that yield smoke low in total particulate matter (TPM). Progress has been slow due to the time required for preparing numerous small batches...