Technologies
Title: | Sweet potato- Varsha |
Area: | Agricultural Sciences |
Sub Area: | Plant breeding |
Focus Area: | Genetics |
Developing Agency: | Central Tobacco Research Institute (CTRI), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695017 |
Technology Readiness Index: | Technology developed |
Email: | director.ctcri@icar.gov.in |
| Website Link : | http://www.ctcri.org/varieties.php |
Brief Description
Description : | Varsha is a high yielding hybrid variety of sweet potato with non branching tall (2- 2.5 m)plants. Carotene content in tubers is 466 IU/ 100gm and starch content in fresh tubers 25-27 %. |