A New Heat Tolerant Potato Variety Kufri Lima Suitable for Early Planting in North-Western Plains of India

Kufri Lima is an early maturing, heat tolerant and disease resistant potato variety with ovoid tubers, white-cream smooth skin, eyes shallow and pale cream flesh. It is resistant to PYX, PVY & moderately resistant to root knot nematode, susceptible to late blight. Kufri Lima is tolerant to hopper and mite burn under heat stress conditions. The produce of Kufri Lima is suitable for table purpose as the variety produces attractive, tubers without any deformities like cracking or hollow heart. The variety produces high tuber yield with high tuber dry matter.