Kufri Pushkar is a high-yielding, disease-resistant potato variety with smooth, light yellow to cream skin and white flesh. It offers excellent culinary qualities for boiling, baking, and frying, with good storage properties and strong resistance to late blight, making it suitable for table use and fresh market applications.
Tuber Characteristics
- Shape: Oval to round.
- 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 with red brown pigment only at base
- Leaflet: Ovate-lanceolate
- Flower: White
- Tuber: Yellow, ovoid with medium-deep eyes and cream flesh
- Sprout: Purple
Agronomic features
- Adaptability: North Indian plains
- Maturity: Medium
- Average yield potential: 300-350 q/ha
- Storability: Very Good
- Reaction to diseases/pests:
- Early blight: not tested
- Late blight: resistant
- Charcoal rot: not tested
- Wart: immune
- Viruses: not tested
- Cyst nematodes: not tested
- Consumer and processing quality: Easy to cook, texture waxy, flavour mild, free from after-cooking discoloration
