Miroslav Dimitrieski, Gordana Miceska

University”St.Kliment Ohridski”-Bitola, Scientific Tobacco Institute-Prilep,

Republic of Macedonia, e-mail: dimitrieskimiroslav@yahoo.com; miceskag@mail.net.mk

The need to create and introduce new and more productive oriental varieties of tobacco with better quality than the existing ones permanently increases. As a result of scientific and research work on this problem during the last two decades, the Department of genetics and breeding in Tobacco Institute-Prilep created a great number new lines of Prilep tobacco with significantly better quality compared to the standard. Some of them were recognized as varieties, among which Prilep 66-9/7 should be especially emphasized for its productivity.