Goutam
  • Year of release: 2005
  • Pedigree: Generated from polycross Dhenkanal local, a popular land race is the female parent
  • Yield: 18.9 t ha-1
  • Potential yield: 30 t ha-1
  • Maturity: 105-110 days
  • Suitable growing regions: Hilly and coastal areas of Odisha

  • Key traits:
    • Spreading plant type with mostly purple vine
    • Light purple emerging leaf with triangular leaf shape and green petiole with purple spot at the leaf junction
    • Storage root round to ovate with white skin and cream flesh
    • Very good cooking quality-soft, mealy and very sweet
    • Suitable for both kharif and rabi season