• Varieties recommended for vertisols of East and West Godavari, Krishana, Guntur, Khammam, Prakasam district and alfisols of Prakasam and Nellore districts.
• Evolved through varietal hybridization from Delcrest x DB 101 cross. Medium tall, 1.3 to 1.5 m height, leaves erectly attached, stiff with raised midrib and acute tip.
• Leaves linear elliptic, dark green, 18-20 curable leaves, uniform in leaf maturity. Flowering from 65 to 70 days after planting. Panicle compact, heavy with light pink flowers.

• By purification and selection and towards specific characters from the variety Special FCV tall, 1.5 m to 1.7 m height, semi-open habit with horizontally inserted leaves dropping at the margins, colour of the stem creamy green.
• Leaves bright green in colour, 22 to 24 curbale leaves. Margin undulating, Flowering 65-70 days after planting. Panicle loose, flowers light pink leaf fast maturing.

• An isogenic line of CTRI special with glutinose type, resistance to mosaic disease (Tobacco Mosaic Virus). Morphological characters are similar to CTRI Special.
• A selection from a cross between a genetic mutant and a structural mutant, Tall, 1.9 m height.
• Vigorous in growth with medium broad, ovate, puckered, thick bodied, light green leaves.
• Short internodes, 26-28 curable leaves. Flowering in 80 days after planting. Large panicle with good seed setting and leaf fast maturing.

• An isogenic line of Jayasree carrying glutinose type, TMV resistance. Morphological features are same as Jayasree.

• A tall variety with 1.7 m height, erect habit with creamy stem, leaf broadly lanceolate with wavy margin and acute tip.

• "Burley-21" and "Ky-14" were introduced in the burley tracts of Andhra Pradesh.
• The yields range from 1200 to 1300 kg/ha. The cured leaf of "Burley-21" is of rich tan brown colour, thin, elastic, with high filling value and less shatterbility.
• This tobacco is highly suitable for blending with flue-cured tobacco in cigarette manufacture due to its high-filling value.

• Cigar and cheroot tobacco varieties are mostly grown in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Sendarpatty special and cigar wrapper are the widely grown cigar varieties.

• Cultivation of Kentuky Fire cured tobacco on an experimental basis was taken up in 1973. Black cotton soils are best suited for the cultivation of this variety. In the early years, Kentukcy fire cured tobacco was "Smoked" in temporary barns constructed using bamboo wattle plastered with mud. These were later replaced with permanent duplex barns.

• Oriential tobacco was introduced in Hyderabad on a small scale in the year 1968. Keeping in view the export demand for this variety, cultivation of this crop was extended over the years to parts of Karnataka where large stretches of light sandy loams are available. The crop being highly labour intensive is cultivated by small farmers having family labour.
• Maximum plantation was carried out in 1997 when 900 hectares were planted by about 3000 farmers and a crop volume of 450 M.T. was produced. With the advent of the American type hybrid blends, this crop is presently grown to meet the domestic manufacturing requirements.

• In India, cultivation of Burley was traditionally confined to black cotton soils. These tobaccos were close-grained, lacked resilience as well as the typical burley flavour.

• Sun Cured Natu or Country tobacco is principally grown as a rainfed winter crop in the black cotton soils having a pH range of 7.5 to 8.5. The cultivation of this variety as a commercial crop was first promoted by VST in 1952. Due to increasing domestic demand for this variety, its cultivation over the years has been extended into the districts of Telngana and Rayalaseema.
• Presently the crop is being cultivated by about 15,000 farmers on 18,000 hectares as against 100 hectares in 1952. During this period of four decades, both yield and quality of the tobacco has improved considerably.
• In recent years this variety has also found its way into the European, Nepal, Egyptian, Vietnam and South African markets. SCN tobacco is being mainly used in the country for the manufacture of cigarettes.

• Principal types of tobacco of this class are Virginia and Natu or Desi grown mainly in Andhra Pradesh and to some extent in Karnataka and Gujarat States.
• Harrison special was the major variety grown in India which replaced the Adcok variety which for a long time was the favourite variety among the American tobaccos grown in the country.
• A number of new varieties have been brought under cultivation with establishment of Central Tobacco Research Institute, Rajahmundry, displacing Harrison special from general cultivation.
• In Guntur, natu tobacco having leaf with tendril like is called Thokaku, the one having moderately narrow leaf is known as Desavalu and that having brood leaf is called Dakshinadhi.
• The leaves posses moderately thin texture with pleasing aroma of medium strength, the leaf colour ranging from light to dark brown.
• The bright brown leaves are used in the manufacture of cheap cigarettes and the dark heavy grades used for pipe and shag tobacco.
• White Burley, an air cured exotic variety, is grown in a limited area and is utilised for blending in varying proportions in the manufacture of certain brand of Cigarettes.

HDBRG

• A Brazilian tobacco HARVEL DE BOUXO RIO GRANDE (HDBRG) was introduced for cultivation in Guntur tract which has got good export potential as "HD Burley".
• The cured leaf has high filling value and higher leaves of nicotine and is used for blending.

• A cigar filler tobacco variety from USA was acclimatized and introduced in to the cigar tobacco belt of Tamil Nadu. The leaves are puckered and less spotted. It yields about 1800 kg/ha.

• These are 'desi' types of tobacco with specific method of curing viz., air-curing, sun-curing, shade-curing, pit-curing, ground-curing and fire or smoke curing. The nicotine content is generally high in these tobaccos.

• This is mainly grown in Kheda, Vadodara and Panchamahals districts of Gujarat and Nipani area comprising Belgaum district of Karnataka and part of Kolhapur as well as Sangli districts of Maharashtra.
• More than 80% of bidi tobacco is produced in Gujarat. The Bidi Tobacco Research Station at Anand which is the main Centre of All India Co-ordinated Research Project (Tobacco) is working for the improvement of bidi and rustica tobacco. The entire bidi tobacco area is under the improved varieties Anand-2, Anand-119, GT-4 and GT-5.
• GTH-1 is a hybrid bidi tobacco with an yield level above 3600 kg/ha, tolerent to root knot. Suitable for irrigated bidi tobacco growing areas of Gujarat.

• The sun-cured produce is dark brown in colour. The leaves posses white crystalline encrustation and are medium pungent in taste.

GC-1 (N. rustica)

• Valram (2800 kg/ha)
• Thangam (3226 kg/ha)
• Bhagyalakshmi (3532 kg/ha)
• Meenakshi (4000 kg/ha)
• Abirami (4000 kg/ha)
• Maragadham (3013 kg/ha)
• Bhagyalakshmi is recommended for Madurai, Trichy and part of Coimbatore districts. It was released by Bidi Tobacco Research Station, Anand. It yields 31% more than the local variety. The yield ranges from 2000-4000 kg/ha under middle Gujarat conditions.

• Gandak Bahar (2280 kg/ha)
• Sona (3178 kg/ha)
• Prabha (2300 kg/ha) - for North Bihar.
• Valshali (2778 kg/ha)
• Pusa tobacco – 76 - Samatipur and Mizzafapur districts of Bihar

• Chama and Podali varieties were evolved through natural selection from farmers' bulk for cultivation in North Bengal.
• Chama is early maturing with an yield potential of 1557 kg/ha and Podali (1600 kg/ha) is a late maturing variety.

• Bidi tobacco is mainly grown in the Charotar area of Gujarat and Nippani area of Karnataka and in small proportions in Maharastra and Andra Pradesh.
• Principal varieties grown in Gujarat are Kehu, Pihu, Gandu, GT4, GT5, GT8, Anand 2, Anand 119 and GTH-1.
• Other types, which are found in small proportions with Kehu, are Movadiu, Kalipat and Dso pillu.
• Another variety commonly grown in the area is "Saiffurin. The important varieties grown in Nippani area of Karnataka are Mini, Nippani, Sangli and Lawan. The leaves are considered to be stronger than those from the Gujarat area.

• A variety of this species called "Pandharpuri" is grown in the Nippani area and is used for giving strength to bidi tobacco.

• It is a motihari tobacco belonging to N. rustica, evolved as a single plant selection from bulk crop of "Hemti". DD 437 was released in 1977 for the motihari tobacco growing areas of West Bengal. It yields about 1865 kg/ha with good flavour.

• With a yield of 1690 kg/ha was released for commercial cultivation in hookah tract of North Bengal.
• GC-1 (N. rustica) was developed and released by BTRS, Anand. Yields 31% more than local variety. The yield ranges from 2000-4000 kg/ha under middle Bihar conditions.

• "Bhavani Special" (2837 kg/ha) and "Sendarapatty Special" (2100 kg/ha) were released in 1980 and 1986 respectively, for country cheroot tract of Tamil Nadu.
• Lanka Special, a powdery mildew resistant variety was developed and released during 1981 for cultivation on the islands of Godavari river.
• It yields 2500 kg/ha of cured leaf having good aroma, burning quality and high nicotine content. The leaf is petiolate and boat-shaped.
• DR-1 released in 1960 was also under cultivation in river side lankas.
• Natu tobacco varieties viz., "Prabhat" (1500 kg/ha) in 1977 and "Viswanath" (1800 kg/ha) in 1986 were released for cultivation for natu tract of Andhra Pradesh.

• Krishna variety (2250 kg/ha) was released in 1986 for the cigar filler tobacco belt of Tamil Nadu.

• S-5 variety was released in 1977 for wrapper tobacco tract of North West Bengal. It yields 1476 kg/ha of fine, silky and thin bodied cured leaves with light green/brown shades.