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sree visakham
Name
Sree Vishakam
Year of Release
1977
Maturity
10 months
Yield
35-38 t ha-1
Potential yield
45 t ha-1
Species
Cassava
Suitable growing region
Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Assam, Andhra Pradesh and North Eastern Region
Pedigree
Hybrid [Acc.No.1501 x S-2312 (exotic)]
Key traits
  • Tall, erect branching and flowering variety with dark sepia coloured mature stem
  • Light brown emerging leaf
  • Mature leaf broad with dark green petiole
  • Tubers fusiform in shape and compact in arrangement with brown tuber skin
  • Cream tuber rind and light yellow tuber flesh
  • Tubers with 25-27% starch, 466 IU/100g carotene, 35-40 ppm cyanogen having good cooking quality
  • Field tolerant to Cercospora leaf spot
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