Bhu Sona
  • Year of release: 2017
  • Pedigree: Clonal selection of open pollinated seedling progenies of exotic source
  • Yield: 20-24 t ha-1
  • Maturity: 105-110 days
  • Suitable growing regions: Odisha

  • Key traits:
    • Spreading type with pubescent, purple vine with shallow groove
    • Green emerging leaf, leaf triangular with green petiole
    • Profusely flowering
    • Storage root round elliptic with yellow skin and dark orange with β Carotene 19100-20800 IU/100g fresh weight
    • Extractable starch 19-20 %
    • tolerant to salt stress 6-8.0 dSm-1
    • Field tolerant to weevil and suitable for processing