Showing papers by "P. Manivel published in 2006"

Kufri chipsona-3: a high yielding potato variety for chipping with defect free tubers

Abstract: Kufri Chipsona-3 is a medium maturing, late blight resistant potato variety with round oval tubers, white smooth skin and cream/pale yellow flesh The variety is meant for processing, especially chip making, and is an improvement over the existing varieties Kufri Chipsona-1 and Kufri Chipsona-2 The total and process grade tuber yields of Kufri Chipsona-3 are higher than those of Kufri Chipsona-1 and Kufri Chipsona-2 The total tuber yields are higher than even the popular tabl variety Kufri Bahar Kufri Chipsona-3 yields excellent defect free tubers The chemical maturity of its tubers occurs at 110 days The tubers have low reducing sugars ( 21% This variety can be grown in the main season over entire North-western and Northcentral Indian plains