<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A special study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the effects of pesticide treatment on tobacco in comparison with tobacco not treated with any pesticide. For the purpose of growing these tobaccos, experimental plots were selected on Prince Edward Island, Canada, where contamination of air, soil and water was at a minimum. The tobacco leaf was analyzed for 35 components and 28 pesticide residues. These samples are to be used for smoke analysis and bioassay. The results will be reported in a later publication.</p></abstract>

A special study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the effects of pesticide treatment on tobacco in comparison with tobacco not treated with any pesticide. For the purpose of growing these tobaccos, experimental plots were selected on Prince Edward Island, Canada, where contamination of air, soil and water was at a minimum. The tobacco leaf was analyzed for 35 components and 28 pesticide residues. These samples are to be used for smoke analysis and bioassay. The results will be reported in a later publication.

Pesticide-treated vs. “Pesticide-free” Tobacco

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Science and Education Administration, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland, U.S.A.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Science and Education Administration, Oxford Tobacco Research Laboratory, Oxford, North Carolina, U.S.A.

Agriculture Canada, Research Branch, Research Station, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Pesticide Residue Research Laboratory, School of Agriculture and Life Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A.

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A special study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the effects of pesticide treatment on tobacco in comparison with tobacco not treated with any...

Pesticide-treated vs. “Pesticide-free” Tobacco

Publicado en línea: 14 ago 2014

Páginas: 114 - 119

Recibido: 17 abr 1978

Aceptado: 23 ago 1971

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0478

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