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| Name | Sree Nidhi |
|---|---|
| Year of Release | 2017 |
| Maturity | 8-9 months |
| Yield | 35 t ha-1 |
| Potential yield | 50 t ha-1 |
| Species | Greater Yam |
Suitable growing region
Kerala, Odisha
Pedigree
Clonal selection from germplasm
Key traits
- Climber twining to right with green vine and light brownish green emerging leaves
- Green petiole with purple end.
- Cylindrical tubers with light pink cortex and white flesh colour without browning
- It has optimum tuber size with very little apical portion and hence less wastage and fetches higher market price to farmers as compared to local varieties with irregular tuber shape
- Good culinary quality. It has tubers with medium dry matter (32.0%), starch (23.2% FW) and crude protein (2.5% FW) content. It has field tolerance to anthracnose disease.
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