Millard County Chronicle | 1951-03-01 | Page 3 | New Burley Strains are Almost Free of Wildfire

New Burley Strains Are Almost Free of Wildfire New strains of burley tobacco that are almost immune to wildfire, one of the most destructive diseases of the crop, have been created by an agriculture department plant scientist. scien-tist. The strains also have a lower nicotine content. This, too, is a major advance, because nicotine in present day burley used principally principal-ly in blended cigarettes is higher than is desired. A third point about the new plants is that they seem to be a little more vigorous in growth than other lines. But it will be two or three years' before growers have these plants, because they must be improved and selected for local conditions before they are released. The man who originated the new strains is Dr. E. E. Clayton. He developed de-veloped the wildfire resistance in the new lines from a wild species. The new line was developed after a systematic study of several hundred hun-dred wild species 'during the last 15 years.