Potato is one of the major edible and profitable crop of Pakistan. Potato is forth important crop after wheat, rice and maize. Potato can be called complete diet. It contains plenty of starch. In addition, potato also contains vitamins, minerals and proteins. Potato crop is able to produce much higher yields on a per unit area than other cereal crops. In 2018-19, the potato was cultivated on 196.2 thousand hectares with total production of 4578.9 thousand tons. About 1 million ton potato is exported from Pakistan, earning almost Rs. 20 billion after meeting domestic consumption and keeping seed potato for next cultivation. Three potato crops are cultivated in Punjab. In the plains it has two crops i.e. spring and autumn and only one summer crop is cultivated in hilly areas. In Punjab, 75% of the potato crop is cultivated in Kasur, Okara, Depalpur, Sahiwal and Pakpattan. It is also called as core area of potatoes.
Potato Research Institute, Sahiwal
Sr. No. |
Variety Name |
Parentage |
Year of Release |
Sowing Time |
Average Yield(ton/ha) |
Recommended Areas |
Salient Features |
|
1 |
Sahiwal Red (FD 76-67) |
FD 3-15 x SH-5 |
2019 |
2nd fortnight of October |
28.4 |
Sahiwal, Okara ,Pakpattan & Kasur |
High yielding , red skinned and tolerant to frost and diseases |
|
2 |
Sahiwal White (FD 73-110) |
FD 35-36 x SH-5 |
2019 |
2nd fortnight of October |
30.5 |
Sahiwal, Okara ,Pakpattan & Kasur |
High yielding , white skinned, climate resilient & tolerant to frost and diseases |
|
3 |
Cosmo (FD 78-51) |
FD 3-15 x FD 35-36 |
2019 |
2nd fortnight of October |
29.9 |
Sahiwal, Okara ,Pakpattan & Kasur |
High yielding , yellow skinned & tolerant to frost and diseases |
| 4 |
Sialkot Red (SH-1035) |
SH-5 x Cardinal | 2018 | 2nd fortnight of October | 25.8 | Sialkot, Gujranwala , Sahiwal, Okara ,Pakpattan & Kasur | High yielding , red skinned, climate resilient and tolerant to frost and diseases |
| 5 |
Sadaf (FD 78-36) |
FD 3-15 x FD 35-36 | 2016 | 2nd fortnight of October | 26.6 | Sahiwal, Okara ,Pakpattan & Kasur | High yielding , white skinned, climate resilient ,tolerant to frost and diseases and suitable for processing industry |
| 6 |
Ruby (FD 63-1) |
384636-1 x FD 1-8 | 2016 | 2nd fortnight of October | 27.3 | Sahiwal, Okara ,Pakpattan & Kasur | High yielding , red skinned, late maturing, tolerant to frost and diseases and suitable for processing industry |
| 7 |
PRI-Red (FD 70-1) |
FD 44-24 x FD 12-24 | 2013 | 2nd fortnight of October | 34.2 | Sahiwal, Okara ,Pakpattan & Kasur | High yielding , red skinned, late maturing and tolerant to frost and diseases |
| 8 | SH-5 | Cardinal x Desiree | 2006 | 2nd fortnight of October | 35.0 | Sialkot, Gujranwala , Sahiwal, Okara ,Pakpattan & Kasur | High yielding , red skinned, late maturing and tolerant to frost and diseases |