Introduction and Evaluation of Potato Varieties for High Altitude Areas of Kashmir Valley

Fifteen potato cultivars were evaluated for tuber yield and other yield attributing characters at High Altitude Research Substation, SKUAST-K Larnoo, Anantnag (J&K) in the field trials. Variety PP-2500 produced the highest tuber yield (408.15 qha⁻¹) and number of tubers per plant (11.33) followed by Kufri Jyoti. Variety PP-48 recorded maximum tuber weight (88.8 g) followed by PP-2500 (84.5 g) while tuber size was maximum in Kufri Jyoti (5.81 cm diameter) followed by Chandramukhi (5.54 cm). The lowest late blight disease severity was recorded for PP-8 and PP-2500 and thus proved to be moderately resistant to late blight. On the basis of yield and other economic characteristics, the variety PP-2500 was identified as potential genotype and could be recommended for growing in high altitude areas of Kashmir valley.