Other crops:
Tobacco :
- Tobacco was brought to India by the Portuguese. Its leaves are used in cigarette, cigar,
beedi etc. - Its stem is used as potash fertilizer and its powder as insecticide.
- 150 c – 380 C temperature and 50 cm annual rainfall are ideal conditions for the cultivation
of tobacco. - More than 100 cm annual rainfall and frost are harmful for it.
- More than 1/3rd tobacco of the country is produced by Andhra Pradesh alone. Here ,
Virginia and Dale crest varieties of tobacco are grown which are used for making
cigarettes. - The districts of Prakasam and Guntur in Andhra Pradesh (deltaic region of the Krishna
river) are famous for tobacco production. - Andhra Pradesh is followed by Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat (mainly Kheda district) in
tobacco production - Central Tobacco research Institute – Rajahmundry (AP)
- Cigarette Tobacco Research Station – Guntur (AP)