China: Innovation Projects of City Tobacco Company Pass Appraisal

Source from:  TobaccoChina Online  12/12/2013

Chenzhou City Tobacco Company in south central China's Hunan Province, which doubles as Chenzhou City Tobacco Monopoly Administration – had two agricultural science and technology innovation projects independently fulfilled by it passed an appraisal for acceptance as research achievements recently.

The two innovation projects were respectively the project of "research of integration and application of crucial technologies for producing highly-flavored type characteristic leaf tobacco" and the project of "research and application of technologies for using waste and discarded leaf tobacco for producing organic fertilizer".

Conducting the appraisal was a panel of experts organized by Chenzhou City Science and Technology Administration.

In conducting the appraisal, the panel of experts believed that the project of "research of integration and application of crucial technologies for producing highly-flavored type characteristic leaf tobacco" was intended to launch in a sustainable way integrated research of support technologies including selection of varieties, improvement of soil, seedlings development by means of water temperature increase and comprehensive prevention and control of plant diseases and pests, in light of the ecological conditions of soil, climate, etc in Chenzhou City.

The fulfillment of the project has led to the formation of a structure of highly-flavored type leaf tobacco varieties, with K326 as the leading variety, and with Yunyan 87, Yunyan 97 and Xiangyan 3 as the support varieties. In fulfillment of the project, the company has succeeded in integrating support technologies for growing highly-flavored type leaf tobacco including soil improvement with burnt dust soil as a soil replacement, additional application of fermented cake fertilizer for improving the aroma of leaf tobacco, fostering of strong seedlings by means of two-stage seedlings development in floatation and on trays, biological and physical prevention and control of plant diseases and pests and control of pesticide residual by means of low toxicity and low reside pesticide application. Therefore, it has led to the establishment of a system of technologies for producing highly-flavored type leaf tobacco in Chenzhou City, the panel of experts concluded.

On the basis of this conclusion, the panel of experts agreed that the project of "research of integration and application of crucial technologies for producing highly-flavored type characteristic leaf tobacco" has reached the advanced level of the same type of technologies in China.

In the fulfillment of the project of "research and application of technologies for using waste and discarded leaf tobacco for producing organic fertilizer", the company has succeeded in developing the Xiaonian brand organic fertilizer by means of making a use of waste and discarded leaf tobacco, innovation of technologies for fermentation and adding the XQ formation of broad spectrum bio-control bacteria. This organic fertilizer is produced on the basis of rational use of waste and discarded leaf tobacco and stems in fields, which contributes to effectively reducing pathogens and sources of pests in fields, improving the physical and chemical properties of soil, promoting growth and development of tobacco crops, improving the agronomic characters of leaf tobacco, improving the quality of leaf tobacco and generating remarkable ecological effects, the panel of experts concluded.

On the basis of this conclusion, the panel of experts agreed that t the project of "research and application of technologies for using waste and discarded leaf tobacco for producing organic fertilizer" has also reached the advanced level of the same type of technologies in China. Enditem