Kufri Dewa is a high-yielding, disease-resistant potato variety with smooth, white to light cream skin and white 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 round.
- Skin: Smooth with a white to light cream color.
- Flesh: White, 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 with red brown pigment highly scattered throughout
- Leaflet: Ovate-lanceolate
- Flower: Red-violet
- Tuber: White-cream, ovoid with pink and deep eyes and cream flesh
- Sprout: Red-purple
Agronomic features
- Adaptability: North Indian plains
- Maturity: Late
- Average yield potential: 200-250 q/ha
- Storability: Very good
- Reaction to diseases/pests:
- Early blight: susceptible
- 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
- Special attributes: Frost tolerant and good keeper
