Results of Trial Transplanting of Oriental Tobacco Varieties in Dak Lak Province, Vietnam in 2022

In 2022, the Vietnam Tobacco Institute continued to test 6 tobacco oriental varieties in Dak Lak province based on the test results of tobacco varieties, cultivation techniques, curing in Ninh Thuan and Dak Lak provinces in 2021. To determine the suitable growing areas and varieties of oriental tobacco for the Dak Lak region, we experimented with six oriental tobacco varieties, including Basma 16, Kozarsko, Hanski 227, Rila 89, Dupnitsa 733 và Basma X with a fertilizer rate of 40N: 30P2O5: 50K2O kg/ha. The variety experiment was designed with a completely randomized block, repeated 3 times with 50 m2/plot. The experimental results have determined Dak Lak region to be suitable for planting the oriental tobacco plants and have selected two of the property oriental varieties as Basma and Hanski 227. Those varieties were good growth, high yield and good quality. The quality of oriental tobacco production in Dak Lak region was quite good, equivalent to the imported samples which was been used by Vietnam’s factories. In the coming time, the Vietnam Tobacco Institute will continue to experiment and expand the oriental tobacco area in Dak Lak to provide materials for cigarette factories and limit imported tobacco from abroad.