Kufri Neelima is a high-yielding, disease-resistant 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 resistance to diseases like late blight and early 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: 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
- Leaflet: Ovate-lanceolate
- Flower: White
- Tuber: White, ovoid with shallow eyes and white flesh
- Sprout: Purple
Agronomic features
- Adaptability: Nilgiri hills
- Maturity: Medium
- Average yield potential: 250-300 q/ha
- Storability: Good
- Reaction to diseases/pests:
- Early blight: not tested
- Late blight: resistant
- Charcoal rot: not tested
- Wart: not tested
- Viruses: not tested
- Cyst nematodes: highly resistant
- Consumer and processing quality: Easy to cook, texture floury, flavour mild, free from after-cooking discoloration.
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