S. No. | Description (includes title) | Developed at/belong to Centre | Year of printing | Year of Success achieved | Number of Beneficiaries |
1. | GC 1 – Calcutti tobacco developed through selection from local tobacco crop. It is a high yielding variety with a potential yield of 2693 kg/ha. The variety is recommended to rustica tobacco growing areas of Gujarat
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AINPT centre, Bidi Tobacco Research Station, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat | – | 1981 | 10122
It has occupied 11300 ha area in middle Gujarat |
2. | A 119 – bidi tobacco variety developed by crossing 88-47 x Sokhadiu. The variety is highly resistant to leaf burn and tolerant to black shank diseases and has a potential yield of 2625 kg/ha. It is recommended to bidi tobacco growing areas of Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh
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AINPT centre, Bidi Tobacco Research Station, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat | – | 1984 as National Variety
(1969 in Gujarat State) |
Anand – 21986
It has occupied 24620 ha area in middle Gujarat It has occupied 60% area in bidi tobacco Karnataka region and 80% area in Andhra Pradesh |
3. | GT 7 – bidi tobacco variety developed by crossing Anand 2 x Line 930- 42. It is a high yielding and drought tolerant variety and has a potential yield of 2535 kg/ha. The variety is recommended to the rain fed bidi tobacco growing areas of Gujarat
|
AINPT centre, Bidi Tobacco
Research Station, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat |
– | 1993 | 16458
It has occupied 18000 ha area in middle Gujarat |
4. | GCT 3 – Calcutti tobacco developed through crossing of AR 6-1 x Cocker 1. The variety is high yielding and is suitable for Lal Chopadia. Potential yield of GCT 3 is 5986 kg/ha and is recommended to rustica tobacco growing areas of North Gujarat
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AINPT centre, Bidi Tobacco Research Station, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat | – | 2001 | Anand – 12286
Ladol – 2600
It has occupied 13800 ha area in middle Gujarat and 4000 ha in north soils. |
5. | Gajapati – Natu tobacco variety developed through selection from
Pyruvithanam. It is a high yielding variety with a potential yield of 1800 kg/ha. The variety is recommended for cultivation in Ganjam, Gajapati and Phulbani districts of Odisha
|
AINPT Centre, Berhampur, Odisha University of Agriculture & Technology
Odisha |
– | 2002 | 75
It has occupied the 70% Hookah tobacco growing areas of Odisha. |
6. | Siri – Flue-Cured Virginia tobacco variety developed by crossing CM 16 x Gauthami. It is a high yielding variety having an yield potential of 2900 kg/ha. The variety is recommended to Northern, Central and Southern Black Soils of Andhra Pradesh
|
ICAR-CTRI, Rajahmundry,
Andhra Pradesh |
2006 | ||
7. | Hemadri – Flue-Cured Virginia tobacco variety developed by crossing 754-2#1 x 16/103. It is tolerant to leaf curl disease and has a potential yield of 2500 kg/ha. The variety is recommended to
Central, Southern and Northern Black Soils of Andhra Pradesh
|
ICAR-CTRI-RS, Guntur,
Andhra Pradesh |
2006 | ||
8. | Kanthi – Flue-Cured Virginia tobacco variety developed by crossing Jayasri x L-617. It can Withstands moisture stress to certain extent and has a potential yield of 2000 kg/ha. The variety is recommended to Southern Light Soils and Southern Black Soils of Prakasam and Nellore districts, Andhra Pradesh
|
ICAR-CTRI-RS, Kandukur,
Andhra Pradesh |
2006 | ||
9. | MRGTH 1 – Bidi tobacco variety developed by crossing Mosaic Resistant CMS line
x Advance Breeding line. It is Resistant to TMV and has a potential yield of 3793 kg/ha. The variety is recommended to Irrigated bidi tobacco growing areas of Gujarat
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AINPT centre, Bidi Tobacco Research Station, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat | 2006 | 66 | |
10. | Kaviri – Chewing tobacco variety developed by crossing VR.2 x Bhagyalakshmi. It is High yielding having Sweet aroma and has a potential yield of 3173 kg/ha. The variety is recommended to Coastal belt of Vedaranyam and Chidambaram areas in Tamil Nadu
|
ICAR-CTRI-RS, Vedasandur,
Tamil Nadu |
2006 | ||
11. | Abirami – Chewing tobacco variety developed by crossing Mutation Selection of I 64. It has High solanesol content (2.61%) and has a potential yield of 4000 kg/ha. The variety is recommended to Chewing tobacco tract of Tamil Nadu
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ICAR-CTRI-RS, Vedasandur,
Tamil Nadu |
2006 | 60% | |
12. | Bhairavi – Natu tobacco variety developed by crossing White Ash Frill x Viswanath. It is High yielding variety and has a potential yield of 2600 kg/ha. The variety is recommended to Traditional black soils in Guntur, Prakasam, Kurnool districts of Andhra Pradesh
and Mahaboobnagar district of Telangana
|
ICAR-CTRI-RS, Guntur,
Andhra Pradesh |
2006 | ||
13. | Meenakshi CR – Chewing tobacco variety developed by crossing Meenakshi x DWFC. It is Resistant to caterpillar Spodoptera litura F. and has a potential yield of 3454 kg/ha. The variety is recommended to Chewing tobacco tracts in Dindigul, Madurai, Erode and Coimbatore districts of Tamil Nadu
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ICAR-CTRI-RS, Vedasandur,
Tamil Nadu |
2007 | 10% | |
14. | Sahyadri – Flue-Cured Virginia tobacco variety developed by crossing KST 19 x VA 145. It is Tolerant to drought. It is also moderately resistant to black shank disease and resistant to root-knot nematode. It has a potential yield of 2300 kg/ha. The variety is recommended to red sandy loam or loamy soils of Shivamogga and other FCV tobacco areas in Southern Transition Zone
of Karnataka
|
AINPT centre, University of
Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga, Karnataka |
2008 | 30 | |
15. | Vedaganga-1 – Bidi tobacco variety developed by crossing PL-5 x NPN-23. It is high yielding compared to A119 and better in smoking qualities. It has a potential yield of 2500 kg/ha (Irrigated), 1800 kg/ha (rainfed). The variety is recommended to Bidi tobacco growing areas of Belagavi district, Karnataka
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AINPT centre, ARS Nipani, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka | 2008 | ||
16. | Torsa – Hookah tobacco variety developed by selection from Local land race collected from a village Sitai Block in Dinhata. It is high yielding variety having potential yield of 2200 kg/ha. The variety is recommended to Silty/ sandy loams of Motihari tobacco tract of Cooch Behar district
|
ICAR-CTRI-RS, Dinhata,
West Bengal |
2008 | ||
17. | Azad Kanchan – Hookah tobacco variety developed by crossing B.N. 37 x RT-18. It is high yielding variety having potential yield of 3000 kg/ha. The variety is recommended to sandy loam and medium loam soils of Uttar Pradesh
|
AINPT centre, Araul, Chandra
Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh |
2008 | ||
18. | Sangami – Cheroot tobacco variety developed by crossing I.737 x DG.3. It is high yielding, elastic and has sweet aroma. It has a potential yield of 3265 kg/ha. The variety is recommended to Cheroot tobacco tract of Bhavani, Kurichi and Anthiyur areas of Erode district and Edapady area of Salem district of Tamil Nadu
|
ICAR-CTRI-RS, Vedasandur,
Tamil Nadu |
2008 | 5% | |
19. | ABT 10 – Bidi tobacco variety developed by crossing BC1 (GT 52 x 103-9-101) x
BC1 (GT 52 x Bhavya). It is resistant to root-knot disease having potential yield of 2774 kg/ha. The variety is recommended to root-knot prone irrigated bidi tobacco growing areas of Anand, Kheda, Vadodara and Panchmahals districts of Gujarat
|
AINPT centre, Bidi Tobacco Research Station, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat | 2009 | 592 | |
20. | DCT 4 – Calcutti tobacco variety developed by crossing (NP 216 x SK 196) x
(GC 1 x Pandharpuri). It is high yielding variety having potential yield of 4900 kg/ha. The variety is recommended to Rustica tobacco growing areas of North Gujarat
|
ARS, Ladol (AINPT Voluntary
Centre), Gujarat |
2009 | 2820 | |
21. | FCH 222 – Flue-Cured Virginia tobacco variety developed by crossing FCH-201 x Speight G-33. It is resistance to Fusarium wilt disease and has a potential yield of 2000 kg/ha. The variety is recommended to endemic areas of t Fusarium wilt in Karnataka Light Soils
|
ICAR-CTRI-RS, Hunsur,
Karnataka |
2012 | ||
22. | GABT 11 – Bidi tobacco variety developed by crossing ABD 65 x ABD 10. It is high yielding variety, having high photosynthetic efficiency and nutrient-use-efficiency. It has a potential yield of 4175 kg/ha. The variety is recommended to irrigated bidi tobacco cultivated area of middle Gujarat
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AINPT centre, Bidi Tobacco Research Station, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat | 2013 | 1646 | |
23. | Abirami CR – Chewing tobacco variety developed by crossing Abirami x DWFC. It is resistant to caterpillar, Spodoptera litura F. It has a potential yield of 3700 kg/ha. The variety is recommended to sun-cured chewing tobacco tracts of Dindigul, Madurai, Erode and Coimbatore districts of Tamil Nadu
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ICAR-CTRI-RS, Vedasandur,
Tamil Nadu |
2013 | 5% | |
24. | Kamatchi – Chewing tobacco variety developed by crossing Abirami x KV.1. It is sun-cured tobacco and high yielding having a potential yield of 4100 kg/ha. The variety is recommended to Chewing tobacco tracts of Tamil Nadu
|
ICAR-CTRI-RS, Vedasandur,
Tamil Nadu |
2013 | 20% | |
25. | N 98 – Flue-Cured Virginia tobacco variety developed through spontaneous mutation in
Hema. It is high yielding and light cast variety having potential yield of 2000 – 2200 kg/ha. The variety is recommended to Southern Light Soils (SLS) and Southern Black Soils (SBS) of Prakasam and Nellore districts of Andhra Pradesh
|
ICAR-CTRI, Rajahmundry
and ICAR-CTRI-RS, Kandukur, Andhra Pradesh |
2015 | ||
26. | LT – Kanchan – Flue-Cured Virginia tobacco variety developed by crossing Kanchan x low tar di –
haploid line, D-1. It is low tar variety having potential yield of 2500 kg/ha. The variety is recommended to Northern Light Soil region of Andhra Pradesh
|
ICAR-CTRI-RS, Jeelugumilli,
Andhra Pradesh |
2015 | ||
27. | CH 1 – Flue-Cured Virginia tobacco variety developed by crossing F1 hybrid (CMS Kanchanx P 15-6). It is high yielding having superior leaf quality (relatively higher neutral volatile compounds). It has a potential yield of 2900 kg/ha. The variety is recommended to Northern Light Soil region of Andhra Pradesh
|
ICAR-CTRI, Rajahmundry,
Andhra Pradesh in collaboration with ITC Ltd. – ILTD Division |
2015 | ||
28. | NANDYALA POGAKU-1 – Bidi tobacco variety developed by crossing NPN 126 x Vairam. It is a high yielding variety having a potential yield of 2150 kg/ha. It is recommended to rain fed areas in the bidi tobacco growing areas of Kurnool district and all bidi growing areas of Andhra Pradesh
|
AINPT centre, Nandyal, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University
Andhra Pradesh |
– | 2015 | 515 |
29. | CH 3 – Flue-Cured Virginia tobacco variety developed by crossing F1 Hybrid (CMS Kanchan
x P18-1). It is high yielding and flavourful. It has a potential yield of 2700 kg/ha. The variety is recommended to Karnataka Light Soils
|
ICAR-CTRI-RS, Hunsur,
Karnataka in collaboration with ITC Ltd. – ILTD Division |
2016 | ||
30. | NBD 209 – Bidi tobacco variety developed by crossing NPN-209 x Anand-2
(NPN-73 x Anand-2). The variety is high yielding with moderate resistance to brown spot and has low infestation of aphids. It performs better in harsh and severe situations. NBD 209 has a potential yield of 3000 kg/ha under irrigated condition and 2200 kg/ha under rainfed conditions. It is recommended to bidi tobacco growing areas of Karnataka
|
AINPT centre, ARS Nipani, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka | – | 2016 | 68 |
31. | CTRI Sulakshana – Flue-Cured Virginia tobacco variety developed by crossing N. gossei x N. tabacum. It is high yielding variety, resistant to tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) and aphid. It has a potential yield of 3300 kg/ha. It is recommended to Traditional Black Soils and rainfed soils in Prakasam, Nellore, Guntur, East Godavari and Khammam districts of Andhra Pradesh
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ICAR-CTRI, Rajahmundry | 2019 |