The preparation of a nicotine hydrochloride dust insecticide and the economic feasibility of growing high nicotine content tobacco as a cash crop

This study was undertaken for the following reasons: 1. Nicotine and its compounds have long been used as insecticides, and are in great demand at the present. 2. Tobacco, the source of nicotine, is such a valuable commodity that only waste has been used as a source of nicotine for years. 3. <...

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Main Author: Bowers, John C.
Other Authors: Chemical Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Virginia Polytechnic Institute 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53464