Kufri Chipsona 4 is a high-yielding potato variety specifically bred for the processing industry. With its smooth, white to cream skin and white flesh, it offers excellent qualities for making chips and French fries, including high dry matter content, low reducing sugars, and good frying qualities. It also has moderate disease resistance and good storage properties.
Tuber Characteristics
- Shape: Oval to oblong.
- Skin: Smooth with a white to cream color.
- Flesh: White, ideal for processing into chips and French fries.
- Eyes: Shallow, making peeling easier.
- Size: Medium to large, consistent in size for uniform processing.
- Texture: Firm, suitable for different processing methods.
Morphological features
- Canopy: Compact
- Stem: Green with red brown pigment lightly scattered throughout
- Leaflet: Ovate-lanceolate
- Flower: White
- Tuber: White-cream, round with shallow eyes and white flesh
- Sprout: Red-purple
Agronomic features
- Adaptability: Karnataka, West-Bengal and Madhya Pradesh
- Maturity: Medium
- Average yield potential: 300-350 q/ha
- Storability: Good
- Reaction to diseases/pests:
- Early blight: not tested
- Late blight: field resistant
- Charcoal rot: not tested
- Wart: susceptible
- Viruses: susceptible
- Cyst nematodes: not tested
- Consumer and processing quality: Easy to cook, texture mealy, flavour mild, free from after-cooking discoloration. High dry matter, low reducing sugars and low phenols. Suitable for making chips
