AMORPHOPHALLUS PAEONIIFOLIUS 'SREE ATHIRA'

Cultivar

ORIGIN:

ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute; released in 2006 for Kerala as a hybrid selection from the cross Am-15 x Am-45

CULTIVAR DESCRIPTION:

An elephant foot yam variety of Amorphophallus paeoniifolius that the institute describes as the first genetically improved variety released in the crop.¹ It matures in 9 to 10 months, yields about 40.5 tonnes per hectare, is medium tall (85 to 110 cm) with a globose corm with brown skin and pink flesh, and is tolerant to collar rot and mosaic disease.¹

REFERENCES:

1. ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute: Sree Athira

Photo by ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute

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