Evaluation of promising potato varieties for yield potentiality and late blight disease tolerance in southern dry zone of Karnataka, India

The experiment was conducted under AICRP on Potato at Horticultural Research and Extension Station, Somanahallikaval, Hassan for three consecutive years from 2014-2016 during Kharif season to know their yield potentiality and late blight disease tolerance capability of 12 different promising varieties. The varieties viz., Kufri Jyoti, Kufri Himalini, Kufri Bahar, Kufri Gaurav, Kufri Garima, Kufri Pushkar, Kufri Badshah, Kufri Khyati, Kufri Pukhraj, Kufri Surya, Kufri Ashoka and Kufri Lauvkar were evaluated under natural epiphytotic conditions.