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Success Stories

 

S. No. Description (includes title) Developed at/belong to Centre Year of printing Year of Success achieved Number of Beneficiaries
1.     GC 1Calcutti 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

 

AINPT centre, Bidi Tobacco Research Station, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat 1981 10122

 

 

It has occupied 11300 ha area in middle Gujarat

2.     A 119bidi 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

 

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 7bidi 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 3Calcutti 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

 

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.     GajapatiNatu 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 1Bidi 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

 

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.         AbiramiChewing 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

 

ICAR-CTRI-RS, Vedasandur,

Tamil Nadu

  2006 60%
12.         BhairaviNatu 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 CRChewing 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

 

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-1Bidi 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

 

AINPT centre, ARS Nipani, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka   2008  
16.         TorsaHookah 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 KanchanHookah 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.         SangamiCheroot 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 10Bidi 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 4Calcutti 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 11Bidi 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

 

AINPT centre, Bidi Tobacco Research Station, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat   2013 1646
23.         Abirami CRChewing 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

 

ICAR-CTRI-RS, Vedasandur,

Tamil Nadu

  2013 5%
24.         KamatchiChewing 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-1Bidi 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 209Bidi 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

 

ICAR-CTRI, Rajahmundry   2019