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- Year of release: 2000 (Central)
- Pedigree: Top cross hybrid - TMS.63198 (Selfed) x Sree Visakham
- Yield: 40-45 t ha-1
- Potential yield: 62 t ha-1
- Maturity: 8-10 months
- Suitable growing regions: Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh
Key traits:
- Medium height semi-spreading flowering variety with light green stem and light sepia emerging leaves
- Mature leaves medium sized
- Lanceolate with acuminate tip purple petiole
- Tubers conical with brown tuber skin and light yellow tuber rind and flesh
- Tuber neck is absent
- Tubers with 26-29% starch; 50-85 ppm cyanogen having good cooking quality good
- Field tolerant to Cercospora leaf spot, spider mite and scale insect
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