1. KUFRI GANGA: A NEW HIGH YIELDING TABLE POTATO VARIETY FOR NORTH INDIAN PLAINS.
- Author
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Luthra, S. K., Gupta, V. K., Rawal, Sanjay, Lal, Mehi, Malik, Kamlesh, Kumar, Vinod, and Chakrabarti, S. K.
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POTATOES ,DROUGHT tolerance ,FACIAL creams (Cosmetics) ,PLAINS ,TUBERS - Abstract
Kufri Ganga is a medium maturing, main season, high yielding table purpose potato variety suitable for cultivation in north Indian plains. It is a clonal selection from a cross between MS/82-638 v Kufri Gaurav. It has semicompact, vigorous and tall plants with field resistance to late blight. It produces attractive white-cream, ovoid tubers with shallow eyes and cream flesh. It possesses good keeping quality and moderate tuber dry matter (16-18%). It produces >90% marketable tuber yield and is capable of yielding 35-40 t/ha under optimum agronomical practices. Further, Kufri Ganga also produced sustainable tuber yield under deficit water regimes and showed high drought tolerance index as compared to controls at Modipuram and Jodhpur. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2019