BARI TPS-2
POTATO VARIETY: BARI TPS-2
Main Features of the Variety
| Developed by | Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute(BARI), Gazipur, Bangladesh |
| Method of development/origin | CIP, India |
| Year of release | 1997 |
| Main characteristics | Plant slight bushy, plant height 45-50 cm, number of stem more and leaf hard and light green, leaf slight taller and polar part slight erect, potato round-oval shape, skin smooth and light yellow color and color of flesh pale yellow and eye slight deep. Sprout initiation at first tight, later oval shape, color deep red-violet and slight hairy, seed dormancy 70-75 days in general temperature, crop duration 100-105 days, This variety is cultivated throughout the Bangladesh. Cultivation from true seed but second year tuber let used as seed. |
| Planting season and time | Rabi, November |
| Yield | Yield 45-50 t/ha(from true seed) and yield 30-35 t/ha (from tuberlet) |
| Resistance/tolerance | This variety virus tolerant |
