LIST OF RELEASED / IDENTIFIED VARIETIES OF VARIOUS TOBACCO TYPES FOR CULTIVATION IN INDIA S.No. 1 Tobacco type Flue-cured tobacco 2 Bidi tobacco 3 Chewing tobacco 4 Hookah and Chewing (Rustica) tobacco Oriental tobacco Motihari tobacco (West Bengal) Natu tobacco Cheroot tobacco 5 6 7 8 9 10 Cigar-wrapper tobacco Varieties released / identified Chatam, Delcrest, Kanakaprabha, Dhanadayi, CTRI Special, Jayasri, CTRI Spl. (MR), 16/103, FCV special, Godavari Spl., Swarna, Mc Nair 12, Jayasri (MR), Hema, Bhavya, Gauthami, CM 12 (KA), VT 1158, Kanchan, Thrupthi, Rathna, Kanthi, Hemadri, Siri, KST-28 (Sahyadri), CH-1*, CH-3, N-98*, FCH 222 GT 4, NPN 190, Anand 119, Anand 2, Spoorthy (PL 5), GT 5, GT 7, GTH1, Bhavyasree, GT 9, NBD 43, MRGTH1, ABT 10, Vedaganga 1, GABT-11, NBD-119* Chama, Podali, DP 401, Gandak Bahar, Sona, Vairam, Thangam Bhagyalakshmi, Maragadham, Prabha, PT 76, Meenakshi Vaishali Special, Lichchavi, Manasi, Abirami, Kaviri, Meenakshi (CR), Sangami, Kamatchi, Abirami (CR), DJ1* DD 437, Sonar Motihari, GC 1, GT 6, GCT 2, GT 8, GCT 3, Dharla, Azad Kanchan Tungabhadra* Manasi, Torsa Prabhat, Vishwanath, Natu Special, Gajapati, Bhairavi DR 1, Bhavani Special, Lanka Special, Sendarapatty Special S 5, Krishna Burley tobacco Burley 21, Banket A1, HDBRG (Dark burley) Identified for release NOTE: None of the above listed tobacco varieties released / identified for cultivation in India contains Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Detailed list of varieties developed / released by CTRI and AINPT Variety Year of release Flue-cured tobacco Chatam 1950 Delcrest 1960 Kanakaprabha 1971 Dhanadayi 1972 CTRI Special 1976 16/103 1976 FCV Special 1976 Jayasri 1979 CTRI Spl. (MR) 1980 Godavari Spl. 1982 Swarna 1984 Mc Nair 12 1986 Jayasri (MR) 1986 Hema 1987 Bhavya 1988 State (s) Black soils of Andhra Pradesh (Developed at CTRI, Rajahmundry) Black soils of Andhra Pradesh (Developed at CTRI, Rajahmundry) Black soils of Andhra Pradesh (Developed at CTRI, Rajahmundry) Black soils of Andhra Pradesh (Developed at CTRI, Rajahmundry) Black soils & SLS of Andhra Pradesh (Developed at CTRI, Rajahmundry) NLS of Andhra Pradesh (Developed by M/s ITC ILTD Ltd.) KLS of Karnataka (Developed by M/s ITC ILTD Ltd.) Black soils of Andhra Pradesh (Developed at CTRI, Rajahmundry) Black soils & SLS of Andhra Pradesh (Developed at CTRI, Rajahmundry) Black soils & SLS of Andhra Pradesh (Developed at CTRI, Rajahmundry) KLS of Karnataka (Developed at CTRI RS, Hunsur) NLS of Andhra Pradesh (Developed at CTRI RS, Jeelugumilli) Black soils & SLS of Andhra Pradesh (Developed at CTRI, Rajahmundry) Black soils of Andhra Pradesh (Developed at CTRI RS, Guntur) KLS of Karnataka Productivity (kg/ha) Salient traits 1100 -- 1200 -- 1500 -- 1520 -- 1365 -- 1717 -- 1118 -- 1990 -- 1200 Resistant to TMV 1525 Resistant to TMV 1450 Resistant to powdery mildew 1880 Tolerant shank 1503 Resistant to TMV 1560 -- 2000 Resistant to black to black Variety Gauthami Year of release 1992 CM 12 (KA) 1993 VT 1158 1993 Kanchan 1998 Thrupthi 1998 Rathna 2001 Kanthi 2006 Hemadri 2006 Siri 2006 State (s) (Developed at CTRI RS, Hunsur) Black soils & SLS of Andhra Pradesh (Developed at CTRI, Rajahmundry) NLS of Andhra Pradesh (Developed at CTRI RS, Jeelugumilli) Black soils of Andhra Pradesh (Developed at CTRI, Rajahmundry) NLS of Andhra Pradesh and KLS of Karnataka (Developed at CTRI RS, Jeelugumilli) KLS of Karnataka (Developed at RARS, Shimoga) KLS of Karnataka (Developed at CTRI RS, Hunsur) SLS & SBS of Andhra Pradesh (Developed at CTRI RS, Kandukur) Black soils of Andhra Pradesh (Developed at CTRI RS, Guntur) Productivity (kg/ha) shank and root-knot nematode 2000 ----- 2000 Tolerant to shank 2000 Resistant to TMV 2000 Tolerant to black shank and root-knot nematodes 1800 Tolerance drought black to 2000 -----1600-2000 Withstands moisture stress to some extent 2500 ----- Black soils of Andhra Pradesh (Developed at CTRI, Rajahmundry) 2900 ------- KST-28 (Sahyadri) 2009 AINPT Centre, Shimoga 2,000 CH-1* 2009 Andhra Pradesh (Developed in collaboration with ITC, ILTD Ltd at CTRI RS, 2,900 N-98* 2009 FCH 222 2012 KLS of Karnataka (Developed at CTRI RS, Hunsur) 3,000 CH-3 2013 KLS of Karnataka 2,700 Jeelugumilli) SLS of Andhra Pradesh (Developed at CTRI RS, Kandukur) Salient traits 2,200 Drought tolerant, mild drought situations Northern Light Soils Rainfed conditions of Southern Light Soils High degree of tolerance to Fusarium wilt disease Karnataka Light Variety Year of release State (s) Productivity (kg/ha) Salient traits Soils (Developed in collaboration with ITC, ILTD Ltd. at CTRI RS, Hunsur) Bidi tobacco GT 4 1976 Gujarat (Developed at BTRS, Anand ) 2600 rainfed 2841 normal -- NPN 190 1979 Karnataka and Maharashtra (Developed at ARS, Nipani) 1964 Suitable for tobacco growing areas of Belgaum district in Karnataka, Kolhapur and Sangli districts in Maharashtra Anand 119 1984 Gujarat, Karnataka, 2625 Maharashtra and A.P. (Developed at BTRS, Anand) Gujarat, Karnataka, 2555 Maharashtra and A.P. (Developed at BTRS, Anand) Karnataka and 2000 Maharashtra (Developed at ARS, Nipani) Anand 2 1984 Spoorthy (PL 5) 1984 GT 5 1985 GT 7 1993 GTH1 1995 Gujarat (Developed at 3644 BTRS, Anand) Bhavyasree 1997 GT 9 2001 NBD 43 2005 MRGTH-1 2008 Karnataka (Developed at ARS, Nipani) Gujarat (Developed at BTRS, Anand) Karnataka (Developed at ARS, Nipani) BTRS Centre, Anand Gujarat (Developed at 3300 BTRS, Anand) Gujarat (Developed at 2535 BTRS, Anand) ----- ----Suitable for tobacco growing areas of Belgaum district in Karnataka, Kolhapur and Sangli districts in Maharashtra 2000 Rainfed bidi tobacco growing areas of Gujarat Irrigated bidi tobacco growing areas of Gujarat ------ 3077 ----- 1742 ----- 3200 Resistant to tobacco mosaic virus disease Variety Year of release State (s) Productivity (kg/ha) ABT 10 2009 AINPT Centre, Anand 3512 Vedaganga 1 2009 AINPT Centre, Nipani 1450 (rain-fed) 3,400 (irrigated) GABT-11 2013 AINPT Centre, Anand 4175 NBD-119* 2013 AINPT Centre, Nandyal 2150 West Bengal (Developed at CTRI RS, Dinhata) West Bengal (Developed at CTRI RS, Dinhata) Bihar (Developed at CTRI RS, Pusa) Bihar (Developed at CTRI RS, Pusa) Bihar (Developed at CTRI RS, Pusa) Tamil Nadu (Developed at CTRI RS, Vedasandur) Tamil Nadu (Developed at CTRI RS, Vedasandur) 1800 Tamil Nadu (Developed at CTRI RS, Vedasandur) Tamil Nadu (Developed at CTRI RS, Vedasandur) 3532 Bihar (Developed at 2200 Chewing tobacco Chama 1956 Podali 1956 DP 401 1958 Gandak Bahar 1976 Sona 1977 Vairam 1977 Thangam 1980 Bhagyalakshmi 1980 Maragadham 1981 Prabha 1981 1600 Salient traits (Nicotine: 7.43%, Reducing sugars 4.18%) Root-knot resistant; Light soil areas with irrigation and nematode problem Cultivated in areas with little assured moisture or limited irrigation facility Bidi tobacco areas of middle Gujarat Bidi tobacco areas of Andhra Pradesh Suitable for clayey soils of North Bengal region Suitable for sandy soils of North Bengal region 2000 2280 3178 2800 3226 3013 Suitable for North Bihar region Suitable for North Bihar region Suitable for pit-cured tobacco producing areas Suitable for smoke-cured tobacco producing areas Suitable for sun-cured tobacco producing areas Suitable for smoke-cured tobacco producing areas -------- Variety Year of release State (s) CTRI RS, Pusa) Bihar (Developed at CTRI RS, Pusa) Tamil Nadu (Developed at CTRI RS, Vedasandur) Bihar (Developed at CTRI RS, Pusa) Bihar (Developed at CTRI RS, Pusa) West Bengal (Developed at CTRI RS, Dinhata) Productivity (kg/ha) PT 76 1990 Meenakshi 1992 Vaishali Special 1993 Lichchavi 2001 Manasi 2004 Abirami 2006 Tamil Nadu (Developed at CTRI RS, Vedasandur) 4000 Kaviri 2006 Tamil Nadu (Developed at CTRI RS, Vedasandur) Tamil Nadu (Developed at CTRI RS, Vedasandur) Tamil Nadu (Developed at CTRI RS, Vedasandur) 2500 Meenakshi (CR) 2007 Salient traits 2600 --------- 4000 Suitable for sun-cured tobacco producing areas 2778 3000 1700 Suitable for North Bihar region Suitable for North Bengal region Suitable for southern, central and western zones except coastal belt Suitable for costal belt 3454 Inland zone of Tamil Nadu 3265 Erode & Salem districts of Tamil Nadu Chewing tobacco tracts of Tamil Nadu Chewing tobacco tracts of Tamil Nadu Sangami 2008 Kamatchi (VDH 3) 2013 Tamil Nadu (Developed at CTRI RS, Vedasandur) 4000 Abirami (CR) 2013 Tamil Nadu (Developed at CTRI RS, Vedasandur) 3700 DJ-1* 2013 West Bengal (Developed at CTRI RS, Dinhata) 1500 Suitable for Jati tobacco producing areas of West Bengal 1865 Suitable for Motihari tobacco producing areas Suitable for Motihari tobacco producing areas Suitable for Rustica /Calcutti tobacco growing areas of Hookah and Chewing (Rustica) tobacco DD 437 1977 West Bengal (Developed at CTRI RS, Dinhata) Sonar Motihari 1977 West Bengal (Developed at CTRI RS, Dinhata) GC 1 1981 Gujarat (Developed at BTRS, Anand) 1690 2693 Variety Year of release State (s) Productivity (kg/ha) GT 6 1986 Gujarat (Developed at BTRS, Anand) 2712 GCT 2 1994 Gujarat (Developed at BTRS, Anand) 3512 GT 8 1998 4469 GCT 3 2001 Gujarat (Developed at BTRS, Anand) Gujarat (Developed at BTRS, Anand) Dharla 2001 West Bengal (Developed 5986 (North Gujarat) 3285 (Middle Gujarat) 2700 at CTRI RS, Dinhata) Azad Kanchan 2008 Oriental tobacco Tungabhadra 2011 Salient traits Gujarat Suitable for tobacco growing areas of Middle Gujarat Suitable for Rustica tobacco growing areas of Gujarat -----Suitable for Rustica tobacco growing areas of Gujarat Suitable for North Bengal region Suitable for Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (Developed at CSAUA &T, Kanpur) 3000 Andhra Pradesh (Developed at CTRI RS, Guntur) 767 Identified for cultivation in low rainfall tracts of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in poor and marginal soils under rainfed conditions 1700 North Bengal 2200 Silty/sandy loam soil region in Motihari tobacco tract of Cooch Behar district Suitable for cigarette natu tobacco producing areas; Resistant to TMV Suitable for cigarette natu tobacco producing areas Suitable for cigarette natu tobacco producing areas Motihari tobacco (West Bengal) West Bengal Manasi 2004 (Developed at CTRI RS, Dinhata) West Bengal (Developed at CTRI RS, Dinhata) Torsa 2008 Natu tobacco Prabhat 1977 Andhra Pradesh (Developed at CTRI RS, Guntur) 1500 Vishwanath 1986 Andhra Pradesh (Developed at CTRI RS, Guntur) 2429 Natu Special 1992 Andhra Pradesh (Developed at CTRI RS, Guntur) 1600 Variety Year of release Gajapati 2002 Bhairavi 2006 Cheroot tobacco DR 1 1960 Bhavani Special 1980 Lanka Special 1981 Sendarapatty Special 1986 State (s) Odisha (Developed at AINPT centre, Berahampur Andhra Pradesh (Developed at CTRI RS, Guntur) Productivity (kg/ha) 1800 2600 Andhra Pradesh 2620 (Developed at CTRI, Rajahmundry) Salient traits Suitable for pikka tobacco areas of Odisha Suitable for cigarette natu tobacco producing areas Suitable for river-side island (Lanka) tobacco producing area of East Godavari district; Strong, pungent and aromatic Suitable for Bhavani area of Coimbatore district Suitable for river-side island (Lanka) tobacco producing area of East Godavari district; Strong, pungent and aromatic Tamil Nadu (Developed at CTRI RS, Vedasandur) Andhra Pradesh (Developed at CTRI, Rajahmundry) 2837 Tamil Nadu (Developed at CTRI RS, Vedasandur) 2100 Suitable for Salem region West Bengal (Developed at CTRI RS, Dinhata) Tamil Nadu (Developed at CTRI RS, Vedasandur) 1476 Suitable for North Bengal region 2250 Suitable for cigar-filler tobacco producing area 2780 Cigar-wrapper tobacco S5 1977 Krishna 1986 Burley tobacco Burley 21 1972 Andhra Pradesh 1700 (Developed at BTRC, CTRI, Jeddangi) Suitable for light soils in East Godavari, Visakapatnam, Vijayanagaram districts Banket A1 1994 Andhra Pradesh 1800 (Developed at BTRC, Suitable for light soils in East Variety Year of release State (s) Productivity (kg/ha) CTRI, Jeddangi) HDBRG burley) (Dark -- Andhra (Introduction) Pradesh 1500 – 2000 Salient traits Godavari, Visakapatnam, Vijayanagaram districts; Resistant to TMV Suitable for CBS, SBS and Telangana areas of Andhra Pradesh * Identified for release NLS - Northern Light Soils of Andhra Pradesh; SLS - Southern Light Soils of Andhra Pradesh; KLS -Karnataka Light Soils, BTRC - Burley Tobacco Research Centre.
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