KUFRI BHASKAR: A CLIMATE-RESILIENT POTATO VARIETY WITH STABLE YIELD UNDER HEAT STRESS CONDITIONS
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Authors
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Vijai Kishor Gupta
CPRI, Shimla (ICAR)
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SK Luthra
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Babita Chaudhary
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Vinod Kumar
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Brajesh Singh
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Kamlesh Malik
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Devendra Kumar
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Sanjay rawal
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Anuj Bhatnagar
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Tanuja Buckseth
Keywords:
Kufri Bhaskar, heat tolerance, mite and hopper burn, early plantingAbstract
Kufri Bhaskar is a heat tolerant table potato variety suitable for early planting in Northern plains and for main season planting in Central plains. It is a cross of Kufri Khyati and Kufri Surya. Its plants are tall and vigorous with tolerance to mite and hopperburn. It produces attractive white-cream, ovoid tubers with shallow eyes and cream flesh, possesses 20% tuber dry matter and very good keeping quality. Kufri Bhaskar was trialed across the major growing regions of India along with popular heat tolerant check varieties Kufri Surya and Kufri Kiran. Kufri Bhaskar has ability to produce up to 11% higher tuber yield than heat tolerant variety Kufri Kiran and 17% over popular variety Kufri Surya across potato growing regions of country.
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