BARI ALU-8(CARDINAL)
POTATO VARIETY: BARI ALU-8(CARDINAL)
Main Features of the Variety
| Developed by | Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute(BARI), Gazipur, Bangladesh |
| Method of development/origin | The Netherlands |
| Year of release | 1993 |
| Main characteristics | Tuber: red, oval, medium size, skin smooth, flesh yellow and shallow eye, stem color reddish violet, plant hard and rapid growing , number of stem lower but wave like, seed dormancy 50-60 days in general temperature, crop duration 90-95 days, at first sprout initiation round shape, later it will taller, color bright reddish violet and slight hairy. This variety is cultivated throughout the Bangladesh. Farmer themselves can grow seed. |
| Planting season and time | Rabi and November. |
| Yield | 25-30t/ha |