This document discusses potatoes. It provides the botanical name of potatoes as Solanum tuberosum and states that the top potato producing states in India are Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Orisa, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttaranchal, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. It also classifies potato varieties into four groups: early, mid, late, and processing, and provides examples of varieties in each group.

1. POTATO
–BOTANICAL NAME AND
CLASSIFICATION OF VARITIES
NAME –ANKIT SHARDA
STUDENT OF BSC
(Agriculture) 4 year

2. Family and botanical name
The family of the potato is SOLANACEAE
Botanical name of potato is
 SOLANUM TUBEROSUM
The Production of the potato is over 48 million
metric tonns

3. MAJOR POTATO PRODUCING STATES IN
INDIA
 Himachal Pradesh: Shimla, Lahul Spiti and Mandi.
 Punjab: Jalandhar, Hoshiyarpur, Ludhiana and Patiala.
 Haryana: Ambala, Kurukshetra, Hisar and Karnal.
 Uttar Pradesh: Farrukhabad, Etawah, Manpuri, barabanki, Allahabad, Badaun, Moradabad, Agra, Aligarh, Mathura and Faizabad.
 Madhya Pradesh: Sidhi, Satana, Rewa, Sagar, Rajgarh and Tikamgarh.
 Chhattigarh: Sarguja and Raipur.
 Rajasthan
 Gujarat: Khera, Dissa, Baransh katha, Jamnagar, Baroda, Mehsana.
 Orisa: Cuttack, Dhenkamal, Puri and Sambalpur.
 West Bengal
 Maharashtra: Pune, Satana, Kolhapur and Nasik.
 Karnataka: Belgaum and Dharwad , Hassan, Kolar.
 Uttaranchal: Almora, Pilibhit and Haldwani.
 Andhra Pradesh: Medak and Chittoor.
 Tamil Nadu: Dhinigulanna and the Nilgiris
 Assam

4. Classification of varieties
1. Early group variety
2. mid –group variety
3. late variety
4. processing variety

5. 1. Early group Variety
Sowing time –1. autumn season –End sept-mid October
 2. spring season -1st fortnight of January .
 Maturity time -70-90 days
Examples – 1. KUFRI SURYA
 2. KUFRI CHANDARMUKHI
 3. KUFRI ASHOKA
 4. KUFRI PUKHRJ

6. 2.Mid –group Variety
Sowing time –1. autumn season –End sept-mid October
 2. spring season -1st fortnight of January .
 Maturity time -90-110 days
Examples -1. KUFRI PUSHKAR
 2. KUFRI JYOTI
 3. KUFRI BAHAR
 4. KUFRI GANGA

7. 3. Late Variety
Sowing time –1. autumn season –End sept-mid October
 2. spring season -1st fortnight of January .
 Maturity time -110-120 days
Examples 1. KUFRI SINDHURI
 2. KUFRI BADSHAH

8. 4.Processing Variety
Sowing time –1. autumn season –End sept-mid October
 2. spring season -1st fortnight of January .
 Maturity time -110-120 days
Examples 1. KUFRI CHIPSONA -1
 2. KUFRI CHIPSONA -3