Kufri Kuber 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 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: 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
- Flower: Red-violet
- Tuber: White-cream, ovoid with medium -deep eyes and white flesh
- Sprout: Red-purple
Agronomic features
- Adaptability: North Indian plains and plateau
- Maturity: Early
- Average yield potential: 150-200 q/ha
- Storability: Poor
- Reaction to diseases/pests:
- Early blight: susceptible
- Late blight: susceptible
- Charcoal rot: susceptible
- Wart: susceptible
- Viruses: resistant to PLRV
- Cyst nematodes: susceptible
- Consumer and processing quality: Cooks on prolonged boiling, texture floury, flavour mild, free from after cooking discoloration
