Performance of some exotic potato varieties under Bangladesh conditions
2003
Alam, M.K. | Zaman, M.M. | Nazrul, M.I. (Hill Agricultural Research Station, Khagrachari (Bangladesh)) | Alam, M.S. | Hossain, M.M.
Characterization was done with fourteen exotic varieties of potato (Solanum tuberosum) namely Mondial, Granola, Cardinal, Ailsa, Petronese, Morene, Diamant, Cleopetra, Binella, Dheera, Multa, Kufri Sindhuri, Heera, Chamak and a local check (Lal Pakri) under Bangladesh condition. The tuber skin color of Mondial, Granola, Ailsa, Petronese, Morene, Diamant, Binella, Dheera, Multa, Heera and Chamak were white to light yellow, while Cardinal, Kufri Sindhuri, Cleopetra were red. The tuber shape were round in Granola, Morene and Kufri Sindhuri; elongate in Mondial, Ailsa and Diamant and oval in rest of the exotic potato varieties. The plant traits were spready and green in color with no flowering habit except variety Chamak. The yield ranged of exotic varieties were 19.44 to 46.67 ton per hectare. Variety Ailsa produced the maximum yield (46.67 t ha-1) which was followed by Cardinal and Mondial.
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