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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2020, Volume : 8, Issue : 4
First page : (97) Last page : (102)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8227

A New Heat Tolerant Potato Variety Kufri Lima Suitable for Early Planting in North-Western Plains of India

Satyender Kumar Yadav^1*, Sushma Arya², Samendru Mohanty², Mohinder Kadian² and Satish Luthra^3
1Potato Technology Centre, Karnal, India 132001
²International Potato Centre, New Delhi 110001
³Central Potato Research Institute, Modipuram, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: satyender.yadav@rediffmail.com
Received: 18.04.2020  |  Revised: 26.05.2020   |  Accepted: 5.06.2020 

 ABSTRACT

Kufri Lima is an early maturing, heat tolerant and disease resistant potato variety with ovoid tubers, white-cream smooth skin, eyes shallow and pale cream flesh. It is resistant to PYX, PVY & moderately resistant to root knot nematode, susceptible to late blight. Kufri Lima is tolerant to hopper and mite burn under heat stress conditions. The produce of Kufri Lima is suitable for table purpose as the variety produces attractive, tubers without any deformities like cracking or hollow heart. The variety produces high tuber yield with high tuber dry matter.

Keywords: Potato, Clones, Varieties, Disease resistant, Heat tolerant,

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Cite this article: Yadav, S.K., Arya, S., Mohanty, S., Kadian, M., & Luthra, S. (2020).  A New Heat Tolerant Potato Variety Kufri Lima Suitable for Early Planting in North-Western Plains of India, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 8(4), 97-102. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8227