“…properties have been described over the years. Agronomic, chemical, and mineral composition data on LPs of flue-cured tobacco can be garnered from reports by Darkis et al (1936Darkis et al ( , 1952, Askew et al (1947), Walker (1968), Terrill (1972, 1973), Bowman et al (1973), Nel et al (1974), Neas et al (1978), and Campbell et al (1980). Raper and McCants (1966), Srivastava et al (1984), and Bruns and Mcintosh (1988) has reported dry matter accumulation data for tobacco, but these studies were based on whole plant sampling with no segregation of the leaves.…”