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- Year of release: 1998
- Pedigree:A selection from indigenous germplasm collection
- Yield: 26-30 t ha-1
- Potential yield: 48 t ha-1
- Maturity: Early (6-7 months)
- Suitable growing regions: Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Key traits:
- Erect branching and flowering variety with reddish brown mature stem
- Sepia coloured emerging leaf; mature leaves broad with light purple petiole
- Tubers conical with brown outer skin, purple rind and white tuber flesh
- Tubers with 24-27% starch, 40-50 ppm cyanogen having excellent cooking quality
- Field resistant to scale insect
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