Description
| Plant | Tuber Characteristics | |||
| Maturity | Medium-early (90 – 105 days) | Tuber size | Fairly large | |
| Growth habit | Medium to tall, upright to
semi-upright habit, semi-leafy type |
Tuber shape | Round to short oval | |
| Color of flower | Purple-blue | Flesh color | Yellow | |
| Flowering | Moderately profuse to profuse | Eye depth | Fairly deep | |
| Number of tubers | Fairly high | Skin color | Deep yellow | |
| Dormancy | Medium, High | Skin characteristic | Smooth | |
| Uniformity | Fairly uniform | |||
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Resistances |
Yield and Quality |
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| Nematodes | Full resistance: Ro1-4,
Golden nematode: no resistance Pa2- 3 |
Yield | Very high | |
| Leaf early blight | Moderate resistant | Texture | Firm | |
| Tuber early blight | Moderate | Cooking type | Suitable for Potato Chips | |
| Early blight | High resistance | Free from discoloration raw | High | |
| Black leg | Good resistance | Dry matter content | High (22 – 24%) | |
| Common scab | Low | |||
| Internal rust spot | Very high resistance | |||
| External damages | High resistance | |||
| Bruising | Low resistance | |||
| Potato Virus Y (PVY) | High | |||
| Potato Virus Y (PVY) ntn | Very high | |||
| Wart | Immune | |||
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Agronomy |
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| Suitable soils | Red -Yellow Podzolic, Mountain Regosols | Well drained Red -Yellow Latosols and
Regosola and Non Calcic Brown Soils |
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| Soil pH | 5.5 – 6.8 | 5.5 – 6.5 | ||
| Unsuitable soils | Saline, Alkaline, Water logged soils and all
the other soil types except mentioned under “Suitable Soils” |
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| Drought tolerance | Very good resistance | |||
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Area and Season |
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| Suitable Area | Suitable Agroclimatic Zones | Season | Best Time to Grow | |
| Badulla (Highlands) | IM1a, IU2, IU3a, IU3b, IU3c,
IU3d, IU3e, WU3 |
Maha | November – December | |
| Jaffna and Puttlum | DL1b, DL1f, DL3, DL4 | Maha | Mid November – Mid
December |
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| Badulla | DL1a, IM1a, IM2a, IM2b, IU2,
IU3a, IU3b, IU3c, IU3d, IU3e, WU3 |
Yala | July – August | |
