Sree Jaya
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  • Year of release: 1998
  • Pedigree:A selection from indigenous germplasm collection
  • Yield: 26-30 t ha-1
  • Potential yield: 48 t ha-1
  • Maturity: Early (6-7 months)
  • Suitable growing regions: Kerala, Tamil Nadu
  • Key traits:
    • Erect branching and flowering variety with reddish brown mature stem
    • Sepia coloured emerging leaf; mature leaves broad with light purple petiole
    • Tubers conical with brown outer skin, purple rind and white tuber flesh
    • Tubers with 24-27% starch, 40-50 ppm cyanogen having excellent cooking quality
    • Field resistant to scale insect
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