1 Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla 171 001, Himachal Prdesh, India
2 Central Potato Research Institute Campus, Modipuram 250 110, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
3 Central Potato Research Station, Jalandhar 144 003, Punjab, India
Kufri Chipsona-3 is a medium maturing, late blight resistant potato variety with round oval tubers, white smooth skin and cream/pale yellow flesh. The variety is meant for processing, especially chip making, and is an improvement over the existing varieties Kufri Chipsona-1 and Kufri Chipsona-2. The total and process grade tuber yields of Kufri Chipsona-3 are higher than those of Kufri Chipsona-1 and Kufri Chipsona-2. The total tuber yields are higher than even the popular table variety Kufri Bahar. Kufri Chipsona-3 yields excellent defect free tubers. The chemical maturity of its tubers occurs at 110 days. The tubers have low reducing sugars (< 50 mg/100 g fresh wt) at harvest and even after six months of storage at 10–12°C. The dry matter content of its tubers is > 21%. This variety can be grown in the main season over entire North-western and North central Indian plains.
