Sree Apoorva
apoorva
  • Year of release: 2014(Central)
  • Pedigree: Triploid from the cross Ambakkadan (2x) x Sree Sahya (4x)
  • Yield: 35-40 t ha-1
  • Potential yield: 70 t ha-1
  • Maturity: 10 months
  • Suitable growing region: Irrigated Plains of Tamil Nadu such as Salem, Namakkal and Dharmapuri districts, Keral
  • Key traits:
    • Tall, top branching variety with stout stem which is yellowish brown in colour
    • Greenish purple emerging leaves
    • Leaves thick and broad, 7-9 lobed with acuminate tip
    • Red petiole
    • Shy flowerer
    • Long cylindrical tubers with brown skin, cream rind, and white flesh
    • Extractable starch high (29.9%)
    • Cooking quality fair
    • Ideal for cassava-based industries
    • Field tolerant to Cercospora leaf spot, spider mite, and scale insect