Tobacco Crop Cultivation
Tobacco Crop Cultivation All Important One Liner
N.- Nicotiana
| Question | Answer | |
| 1 | Botanical name | Nicotiana tabacum & N. rustica |
| 2 | Family | Solanacae |
| 3 | Chromosome number? | 2n=48 |
| 5 | Tobacco fruit known as ? | Capsule |
| 4 | Origin ? | America |
| 3 | Cultivation of tobacco in India is introduced by? | Portuguese |
| 4 | Nicotine content in Nicotiana tabacum | 0.5-5.5%, |
| 5 | Nicotine content in Nicotiana rustica | 3.5-8.0%, |
| 6 | The seeds of tobacco is | Positively photoblastic |
| 7 |
The tobacco burning quality is positively related to which content of leaf
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‘K’ content |
| 8 |
How many spices of Indian tobacco
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2 |
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Indian Tobacco species are?
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Nicotiana tabacum Nicotiana rustica | |
| 9 | Nicotiana tabacum used for ? | Smoking & Chewing |
| 10 | Nicotiana rustica used for ? | Hookah, Chewing & Snuff |
| 9 |
Axils of the leaves called
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Suckers |
| 10 |
Complete suppression of suckers is done by the Application of
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Petrolium Jely |
| 11 |
Inflorescence is called
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Panicle |
| 12 | Self fertilization is common in | Tobacco |
| 13 | Optimum Temperature | 22°C to 31°c |
| 14 | N. tabacum average weight of 1 seed | 0.08-0.09 mg. |
| 15 | N. rustica seed larger then N. tabacum about | Three times. |
| Question | Answer | |
| 16 | In Irrigation water Chloride contain not more than | 50 ppm |
| 17 | Christopher Columbus discovered which qualities of Tobacco | Necrotic |
| 18 |
Tobacco introduced in India in beginning in century.
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17th |
| 19 | 90 % cigarette tobacco is grown in India in | A.P. |
| 20 | Most critical stages for irrigation | Topping |
| 21 |
Central Tobacco Research Institute(1947) situated at?
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Rajahmundri, A.P. |
| 22 |
Which potasic fertilizer is best for tobacco
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Potassium Sulphate |
| 23 |
Rainfall at the time of maturity of tobacco is not desired it causes washing of gums and resins from
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Leaf |
| 24 | The sequence of different operations in tobacco crop is: | Topping -Desuckering-Priming-Curing |
| 25 |
Removal of flower heads either alone or with few upper top leaves from the plant to improve the size and quality of leaves.
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Topping |
| 26 |
After topping, auxiliary buds grow removal of such lateral branches or suckers/auxiliary buds is called
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De-suckering: |
| 26 |
Removal of matured leaves Entire harvest reeds 5-6 priming Used in cigarette and wrapper tobacco.
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Priming |
| 27 |
It is essentially a drying process whereby most of the moisture of leaf is removed to impart required color, texture and aroma to the final product e.g. Flue curing used for cigarette process.
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Curing |
| 28 |
The main aim of topping and De-suckering is to divert energy and nutrient from
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flower head to leaves. |
| 29 | which soils are unfit for tobacco production | Sodic |
| 30 | Which ions results in a poor burning quality of leaves | chloride |
| 31 | Which soil are always better for the production of superior quality leaves | Mild Acidic soil (Ph 5-6) |
Tobacco Crop Cultivation All Important One Liner
| Question | Answer | |
| 32 |
Which is produced mainly in roots and is carried through stem to leaves where it is stored.
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Nicotine |
| 33 |
Desuckering of tobacco is done by:
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a. NAA in triethenolemin (2%)
b. MH (2%)
c. IBA (2%)
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| 34 | One hectare nursery seedlings sufficient for hectare of land. | Eighty |
| 35 | Time of nursery sowing | 15 to 30 August |
| 36 | Seed rate | 2.5 to 3.0 kg/ha. |
| 37 |
Seed rate for nursery of tobacco per 100 M2
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20-30 gm |
| 38 |
Number of seeds in one gm of tobacco
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10,000 to 12,000 |
| 39 | Spacing | 60 x 90 cm OR 90 x 90 cm |
| 40 |
Crop duration time of N. tabacum
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120-130 days |
| 41 | Crop duration time of N rustica | 90-105 days |
| 42 |
Yield in Rain fed condition of leaves.
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5-7q/ha |
| 43 | Yield in irrigated condition | 10-12q/ha. |
| 44 | Fertilizers NPK/ha. | 100 :25:100 kg. |
| 45 |
Priming method of harvesting is popular in
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Cigarette, Wrapper & Chewing type |
| 46 |
Stalk cutting method is popular in
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Hookah, Bidi, Cheroot, Cigar & Chewing |
| 47 |
How many priming required in entire harvest
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5-6 Priming |
| 48 | Tobacco board located at? | Guntur, (Andhra Pradesh) |
| Question | Answer | |
| 49 | 18 types of Nicotina rustica in India of which most common varieties | Calcattiya and Matihari |
| 50 | Mutant variety | Jayashri, Bhavya |
| 51 |
Best tobacco for Cigarette
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Flue Cured Virginia (FCV) |
| 52 |
Tobacco best for Bidi & hookah
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Non Virginia type |
| 53 |
Which types of tobacco required heavy nutrition supply including N?
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Chewing, Bidi, Hookah |
| 54 | Which types of tobacco required low N | Flue-cured, Cigarette, Cigar |
| 55 |
Tobacco type which having maximum area and production is
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Non Virginia type |
| 56 |
Max exportable tobacco type is
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FCV |
| 57 | Nicotina rustica varieties known as. | Vilayati |
| 58 |
Out of 31 types of tobacco most common varieties are
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Virginia. |
| 59 |
Flue curing- Follow in production of Highiy quality cigarette at temperature for time
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60-77″C for 20 hours |
| 60 | First hybrid variety of tobacco in India is | GTH-1 |
| 61 |
Most important pest of tobacco nursery
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Tobacco Caterpillar |
| 62 | Cutworm | Spodoptera litura |
| 63 |
When top leaves developed red rusty spots it
called as.
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Spangles |
| 64 |
Most widely distributed viral disease of tobacco
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Tobacco Mosaic |
| 65 | Tobacco Leaf curl Virus Vector | White fly |
| 66 |
Damping off Due to
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Pythium aphanidermatum |
Tobacco Crop Cultivation
| Question | Answer | |
| 67 | Seed rate of tobacco? | 200-300 gram |
| 68 | How much seed in 1 gram tobacco seed ? | 10-12 thousand |
| 69 | Temperature required for tobacco germination ? | 21°C |
| 70 | Tobacco plant ? | Self pollinated |
| 71 | Fertilizer required for tobacco (NPK)? | 100:100:50 |
| 72 | Which fertilizers not suitable for tobacco? | Potassium chloride (due to presence of chloride, chloride reduce burning quality of tobacco) |
| 73 | Main Weed in tobacco field ? | Orobanche |
| 74 | Type of tobacco? |
Chewing, Virginia, Snuff, Natu, Bidi, Cigar, Chiroot, Hookah |
| 75 | Flue Cured Tobacco varieties are ? | Virginia, Gold Jayasri, Kanakaprabha, Line 1494,2359 |
| 76 | Natu tobacco varieties are ? | Prabhat, DG 3,4 Virginia gold Jayasri KanakaPrabha Line-1494,2359 |
| 77 | Bidi tobacco varieties are ? | Anand 3, 23, Akolgund, Bhjgund, Annekevi |
| 78 | Hookah and shaving tobacco varieties? | Dp-401 DD 413, 414,415, |
| 79 | Chewing tobacco varieties are ? | Bhagyalakshmi Sona, Gandak Bahar, Vairam |
| 80 | Cigarette wrapper tobacco varieties are? | S.5, Rangpur, Sumatra |
| 81 | Cigarette filter tobacco varieties are ? | Havana Maryland Olor-10 |
| Question | Answer | |
| 82 | Important practices in tobacco cultivation? | Topping De-suckering Priming |
| 83 | Removal of flower head either alone or with few top leaves from the plant known as? | Topping |
| 84 | Remove of suckers from tobacco known as? | De-suckering |
| 85 | Main aim of topping and de-suckering operations in tobacco field ? | Divert the energy & Nutrient head to leaves |
| 86 | Removing moisture from leaves without affecting Aroma, Colour and Texture of tobacco known as ? | Curing |
| 87 | Common methods of curing are? | Flue curing Air cooling Fire curing Sun curing |
| 88 | Stage of flue curing are? | Yellowing (30-40 hours) Fixing colour (16-24 hours) Drawing (28-42 hours) |
| 89 | Harvesting methods of tobacco are? | 1)Priming 2)Stalk cut method |
| 90 | Removing 2-4 fairly mature leaves from each plant. when they are mature with the help of apical knife in regular ascending order? | Priming |
| 91 | In Tobacco Priming comes after? |
|
| 92 | Highest tobacco producing country? | China (3rd India) |
| 93 | Main chemical compound found in tobacco ? | Nicotine |
| 94 | Nicotine mainly produced in root but store in ? | Leaves |
| 95 | Oil percent in tobacco seed ? | 35-38% |
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