Tobacco is an important cash crop of Nepal. It belongs to family Solanaceae and the genus is Nicotiana , which has 50 species. Out of 50 species Nicotiana tobaccum and Nicotiana rustica are the 2 cultivated species. It is grown for its leaves, which are used as a cured product . It is smoked as pipe, cigar, cigarette or hookah used as snuff or chewed as a various forms. Tobacco generally forms a shallow branched system 60-90cm deep from surface ground. Plant ht ranges from 4-6 feet tall. It has a simple cylindrical stem whereas leaf shape varies from broad ovate to linear or lanceolate. Tobacco is normally a self fertilized crop, but cross fertilization is also present about 4-10%. The seeds of tobacco are extremely small, a single fruit may contain as many as 4000-8000 seeds................
Flue Curing Of Tobacco by Swastika Chauhan
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