Title
Kufri thar-2: A new drought tolerant table potato variety
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Luthra S.K.
Rawal S.
Gupta V.K.
Bandana
Kumar V.
Bhardwaj V.
Singh B.P.
Sharma N.
Kadian M.S.
Arya S.
Publisher(s)
Indian Potato Association
Abstract
Kufri Thar-2 is a drought tolerant table potato variety suitable for cultivation in drought prone areas in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Chhattisgarh. It is an exotic clone CIP397006.18 (CP4175) descendant of cross CIP92.119 × CIP88.052 developed at International Potato Center, Lima, Peru. Its plants are medium and vigorous with resistance to late blight. It is a water use efficient variety with high drought tolerance index (1.08) and comparatively lower water requirement (74 litre/kg of potatoes under water stress conditions). The variety produces attractive, light yellow, ovoid tubers with shallow eyes and light yellow flesh, possess 20-21% tuber dry matter and has very good keeping quality. It has ability to produce up to 30 t/ha under less water (<20%) availability and 35 t/ha under normal irrigation regime.
Start page
22
End page
29
Volume
47
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de las plantas, Botánica Agricultura
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85115789841
Source
Potato Journal
ISSN of the container
09708235
Sources of information: Directorio de Producción Científica Scopus