In 1985 Eumelio Espino Marrero, who was born in Ciego de Avila, Cuba on May 8, 1947, became the scientific sub-director of the Cuban Tobacco Research Center where he concentrated on the development of better grades of tobacco. He has developed five new varieties of tobacco. This book takes you through the origins of its cultivation, the history of its evolution, the tobacco`s main natural enemies, and much more.