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The Hindu Bureau

Action plan to expand cultivation of Chinese potato

The Thiruvananthapuram-based ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI) has drawn up an action plan for the expansion of Chinese potato cultivation in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh.

Newer Chinese potato (‘koorka’ in Malayalam) varieties with uniform size and resistance to nematodes and an integrated pest management strategy will be developed and demonstrated in the major growing areas as part of the plan.

In 5,000 acres

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