Development of a New Flue-cured Tobacco Variety Zhongyan 102 and Its Usability Evaluation

The new flue-cured variety Zhongyan 102 (CF986) was developed by directional selection through traditional cross breeding technology with high quality flue-cured variety Honghuadajinyuan as female parent and the main cultivar in northern China NC89 as male parent. Converged the quality of Honghuadajinyuan and the agronomic adaptability of NC89, Zhongyan 102 had favorable characters of yield, quality, resistance, adaptability and economic efficacy, and the comprehensive characters of Zhongyan 102 was superior to those of NC89 as check variety. Zhongyan 102 is suitable for the plain and hilly areas of northern China, such as Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang etc, and has stable agricultural performance and preferable industrial usability.