Kufri Megha is a high-yielding, disease-resistant potato variety with smooth, light cream to white skin and white flesh. It is well-suited for cultivation in the northeastern region of India, particularly under rain-fed conditions. It offers good culinary qualities for boiling, baking, and frying, with excellent storage properties and strong resistance to late blight.
Tuber Characteristics
- Shape: Round to oval
- Skin: Smooth with light cream to white color
- Flesh: White, suitable for various culinary uses
- Eyes: Shallow, making peeling easier
- Size: Medium to large, consistent in size for uniform cooking and processing
- Texture: Firm, suitable for different cooking methods
Morphological features
- Canopy: Semi-compact
- Stem: Green with red brown pigment highly scattered throughout
- Leaflet: Ovate-lanceolate
- Flower: White
- Tuber: White-cream, ovoid with medium-deep eyes and cream flesh
- Sprout: Red-purple
Agronomic features
- Adaptability: North-eastern hills
- Maturity: Medium
- Average yield potential: 250-300 q/ha
- Storability: Good
- Reaction to diseases/pests:
- Early blight: moderately resistant
- Late blight: resistant
- Charcoal rot: not tested
- Wart: not tested
- Viruses: not tested
- Cyst nematodes: susceptible
- Consumer and processing quality: Easy to cook, texture floury, flavour mild, free from after-cooking discoloration
