Kufri Gaurav is a high-yielding, disease-resistant potato variety with smooth, light yellow to cream skin and yellow flesh. It offers good culinary qualities for boiling, baking, and frying, with excellent storage properties and strong resistance to late blight, making it suitable for table use and fresh market applications.
Tuber Characteristics
- Shape: Oval to oblong
- Skin: Smooth with a light yellow to cream color
- Flesh: Yellow, suitable for various culinary uses
- Eyes: Shallow, making peeling easier
- Size: Medium to large, consistent in size for uniform processing
- Texture: Firm, suitable for different cooking methods
Morphological features
- Canopy: Semi-compact
- Stem: Green
- Leaflet: Ovate-lanceolate
- Flower: White
- Tuber: White-cream, ovoid with medium-deep eyes and white-cream flesh
- Sprout: White-green
Agronomic features
- Adaptability: Punjab, Haryana, Uttaranchal plains and Western Uttar Pradesh
- Maturity: Medium
- Average yield potential: 300-350 q/ha
- Storability: Good
- Reaction to diseases/pests:
- Early blight: not tested
- Late blight: susceptible
- Charcoal rot: not tested
- Wart: not tested
- Viruses: not tested
- Cyst nematodes: not tested
- Consumer and processing quality: Easy to cook, texture waxy, flavour mild, free from after-cooking discoloration
- Special attributes: Nutrient use efficient even at sub-optimal doses
