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kalinga
Name
Kalinga
Year of Release
2004
Maturity
105 -110 days
Yield
17.2t ha-1
Potential yield
28.4t ha-1
Species
Sweet Potato
Suitable growing region
Orissa
Pedigree
Selection from open pollinated seed
Key traits
  • Spreading type with green vine and green with purple edged emerging leaf
  • Leaves deeply lobed, Moderate flowering
  • Storage root round to elliptic with purple red skin and white flesh
  • Total starch 28%, sugar2.5-3.3% Medium duration variety with excellent cooking quality and high starch
  • Can be used as food and fodder and for starch extraction.
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