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- Year of release: 1998
- Pedigree: A selection from indigenous germplasm collection of cassava
- Yield: 25-28 t ha-1
- Potential yield: 41 t ha-1
- Maturity: Early (6-7 months)
- Suitable growing regions: Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Key traits:
- Erect branching and flowering variety with greenish brown mature stem
- Light purple coloured emerging leaf
- Mature leaves broad with light green petiole
- Tubers conical with brown outer skin, cream coloured tuber rind and light yellow tuber flesh
- Tubers with 27-30% starch, 40-60 ppm cyanogen having excellent cooking quality
- Field tolerant to Cercospora leaf spot
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