Sree Keerthi
  • Year of release: 1987
  • Pedigree: Clonal selection from germplasm
  • Yield: 25-30 t ha-1
  • Potential yield: 44 t ha-1
  • Maturity: 9-10 months
  • Suitable growing regions: Kerala

  • Key traits:
    • Climber twining to right, male plant with green vine
    • Light brown emerging leaves and sagittate broad leaves with green petiole
    • Conical tuber with rough texture, brown skin, yellowish cortex and white flesh colour
    • Resistant to anthracnose disease caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides
    • Tolerant to scale insect during storage
    • Suitable for intercropping in mature coconut gardens as well as with banana