Title
Kufri lima: A new heat tolerant potato variety
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Luthra S.K.
Pandey S.K.
Singh S.V.
Kumar V.
Gopal J.
Singh B.P.
Naik P.S.
Gupta V.K.
Rawal S.
Malik K.
Bandana
Bhardwaj V.
Chakrabarti S.K.
Kadian M.S.
Sharma N.
Arya S.
Publisher(s)
Indian Potato Association
Abstract
Kufri Lima is a heat tolerant table potato variety suitable for early planting in North Indian plains. It is an exotic clone CIP397065.28 (CP4054) descendant of cross CIP391180.6 √ CIP392820.1 developed at International Potato Center, Lima, Peru. Its plants are tall and vigorous with tolerance to mite and hopper burn. The passport data reveals that it has resistance to PYX, PVY and moderate resistance to root knot nematode. It produces attractive white-cream, ovoid tubers with shallow eyes and cream flesh, possess 19% tuber dry matter and good keeping quality. Kufri Lima has ability to produce up to 19% high tuber yield than heat tolerant variety Kufri Surya in North Indian plains in 15-20 days early planted crop.
Start page
107
End page
115
Volume
47
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de las plantas, Botánica Agricultura
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85115773299
Source
Potato Journal
ISSN of the container
09708235
Sources of information: Directorio de Producción Científica Scopus