Practice Name:

Improving Quality of Tobacco

Details
Category	Global Innovation
Crop	Tomato
Crop Family	Nightshade
Scientific Name	(Solanum lycopersicum)
Vernacular Name	Tameta, Tamatar
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Crown Flower (Calotropis Gigantean) Branches
Details of Innovation	Leaves of tobacco (Nicotiana tabaccum) are specially treated by farmers of Jaipur district in Rajasthan. Mature tobacco leaves are given a special treatment for 10 to 15 d to improve their quality. Branches of crown flower (Calotropis gigantean) and tobacco (Nicotiana tabaccum) leaves are layered one on the other on flat place and are not disturbed till peculiar odour is noticed. Thereafter it is sold in market or stored at a safe place. Farmers believe that, this process helps to improve quality of tobacco leaves.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Ramjatan Suvalal Chaudhary
District	Jaipur
KVK District	KVK, Takarda (Chomu), Jaipur
Address	Mu. Soolivata, Po. Sariram Sambhar Lek Jaipur Rajasthan
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Rajasthan
PIN Code	303604

PAS_1	"Insecticidal potentials of Ocimum basilicum leaf-extract" https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960852497001880
PAS_2	"Ecologically Acceptable usage of Derivatives of Essential Oil of Sweet Basil, Ocimum basilicum, as Antifeedants Against Larvae of the Gypsy Moth, Lymantria dispar" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4015404/
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Northern Plain and Central highlands including Aravallis (4.1) Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Western dry region (XIII) Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Semi arid eastern plain zone (RJ-5, RJ-3)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000002486
Reference	Lok (1) 1 Feb 1996 Pg No. 10
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/408
State	Rajasthan
PIN Code	303604