Kufri Ashoka is an early maturing, high-yielding potato variety with smooth, light yellow to cream skin and white flesh. It offers good culinary qualities for boiling, baking, and frying, with excellent storage properties and moderate disease resistance, making it suitable for table use and fresh market applications.
Tuber Characteristics
- Shape: Oval.
- Skin: Smooth with a light yellow to cream color.
- Flesh: White, ideal for various culinary uses.
- Eyes: Shallow, making peeling easier.
- Size: Medium, consistent in size for uniform processing.
- Texture: Firm, suitable for different cooking methods.
Morphological features
- Canopy: Semi-compact
- Stem: Green
- Leaflet: Ovate-lanceolate
- Flower: Red-violet
- Tuber: White-cream, ovoid with medium-deep eyes and white cream flesh
- Sprout: Red-purple
Agronomic features
- Adaptability: North Indian plains
- Maturity: Early
- Average yield potential: 250-300 q/ha
- Storability: Good
- Reaction to diseases/pests:
- Early blight: not tested
- Late blight: susceptible
- Charcoal rot: susceptible
- Wart: susceptible
- Viruses: susceptible
- Cyst nematodes: susceptible
- Consumer and processing quality: Easy to cook, texture waxy, flavour mild, free from after-cooking discoloration
