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Tobacco (Nicotiana species) research in India - progress, problems and prospects

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Title Tobacco (Nicotiana species) research in India - progress, problems and prospects
 
Creator LAXSHMINARAYANA, R
 
Subject tobacco, improvement, genetic resources, production, protection, chemistry, export
 
Description In tobacco (Nicotiana spp) introduction and acclimatization of exotics in flue-cured virginia and isolation of purelinesfrom local cultivars in non-virginia type took place during the early phase (forties-sixties) of varietal development.Later with changing requirement of trade and consumer, a number of suitable breeding programmes were formulated todevelop superior varieties with high yield, quality and resistance to disease, pest and drought. The crop earns about Rs4 500-5 000 million foreign exchange and about Rs 40 000 million central excise revenue annually to the nationalexchequer. However, during 1996-97 it showed an upward movement of Rs 7 000 million foreign exchange. Tobaccoindustry comprising cigerette and bidi Sectors contributed 6.54 million jobs with a generation of total income of Rs126 300 million during 1994-95. Consumption pattern in our country indicates that cigarettes represent only 18% oftobacco consumption by weight, bidis a large share of 55% and chewing tobacco snuff etc 27%. The article deals withthe progress made in the crop improvement in different types of tobacco, development of disease- and pest-resistantvarieties, crop production, crop protection, crop chemistry and quality. Problems and prospects of the crop are alsocovered.
 
Publisher The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
 
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Date 2013-02-25
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/27659
 
Source The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Vol 68, No 8 (1998)
0019-5022
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/27659/12544
 
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