Know the characteristics of hybrid and improved varieties before cultivating potato

Potato is the second most grown crop after wheat, paddy and maize. India ranks third in the production of potato in the world. It can be cultivated in both plain and mountainous areas. Potato contains many nutrients like vitamin C, B complex, iron, calcium, manganese, phosphorus etc. Due to the inclusion of potato in the favorite vegetables of most of the people in our country, its demand in the market is always there. If you want to do potato cultivation, then get information about some of its hybrids and improved varieties from here.

some hybrid varieties of potatoes

Kufri Jawahar: It is a hybrid variety. The height of this variety of plants is 45 to 55 cm. It takes 90 to 110 days for the crop to become ready. This variety is resistant to early blight disease and phoma disease. The yield ranges from 100 to 120 quintals per acre of land.
Kufri Ashok: It is one of the hybrid varieties. This variety is suitable for early cultivation of potato. The height of this variety of plants is 60 to 80 cm. The color of its tubers is white. It takes about 75 days for the crop to be ready. Yield from 92 to 112 quintals can be obtained per acre of field.
JEXC 166: It is a medium maturing hybrid variety. The crop is ready about 90 days after transplanting the tubers. Potato yields up to 120 quintals per acre of land.

Some improved varieties of potatoes

Kufri Jyoti: This variety is suitable for cultivation in hilly areas. However, it can also be cultivated in plain areas. The tubers of this variety are oval and white in color. In hilly areas it takes 130 to 150 days for the crop to be ready. In the plains, the tubers start bursting due to being in the soil for a long time, so the crop should be dug up within 80 days. per acre of field cultivated
Kufri Deva: This variety is suitable for late sowing. The tubers of this variety are oval and white in color and have a light pink color near the eyes. The problem of rot is less in this variety of tubers. This variety can tolerate frost (extreme cold). It takes 120 to 125 days for the crop to be ready. The yield ranges from 120 to 160 quintals per acre of land.
Kufri Winter: This variety can be cultivated in plain areas as well as in hilly areas. The color of the tubers of this variety is white and the tubers are oval. The specialty of this variety is that it is able to tolerate frost (excessive cold). In plain areas, it takes 100 to 110 days for the crop to become ready. Whereas in mountainous areas the crop is ready for digging in 125 to 130 days. Up to 100 quintals of potato can be obtained by cultivating per acre of land.

Apart from these varieties, many other varieties of potato are also cultivated on a large scale in our country. In which varieties include Kufri Swarna, Kufri Lalima, Kufri Badshah, Kufri Navtal, Kufri Sutlej, JF 5106, etc.