Sankar
  • Year of release: 1998
  • Pedigree:Hybrid (H-219 x S-73)
  • Yield: 13.7 t ha-1
  • Potential yield: 27 t ha-1
  • Maturity:120 dyas
  • Suitable growing regions:Odisha

  • Key traits:
    • Spreading type with green vine and green with purple edged emerging leaf
    • Hastate leaf ; petiole green with purple near leaf base; moderate flowering
    • Storage root elliptical with red skin and pale yellow flesh
    • ; Starch 22.5-24%, medium duration variety with excellent cooking quality