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Compare Kufri Pukhraj vs Diamant vs Shangi
Side-by-side: origin, year, region, uses, and trait descriptions — sourced from CIP, USDA, ICAR-CPRI, AHDB, and primary breeder catalogues.
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Shared attributes
All 3 are Iconic varieties · All 3 used for all-purpose and fresh market
Classification
Iconic
Iconic
Iconic
Origin
India / ICAR-CPRI (1998)
Netherlands (1982)
Kenya / CIP-derived
Year released
1998
1982
Not documented
Region
South Asia
Western Europe
Africa
Best uses
All-purposeFresh market
All-purposeFresh market
All-purposeFresh marketFrying / Fries
Description
Dominant Indian variety. Short-duration (75-90 days), planted across Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
The most-grown variety in Bangladesh and a major variety across South Asia.
Dominant Kenyan variety (50-80% market share). Short dormancy enables continuous cropping.
Methodology: Variety attributes aggregated from CIP Lima genebank, ICAR-CPRI catalogue, EU Common Catalogue, USDA PVPO, AHDB, NIAB, NAK Netherlands, Potato Pedigree Database, and primary breeder releases (CAAS, EARO, BARI, INTA, EMBRAPA, IHAR-PIB, VNIIKKH). Year fields populated only where the release date is well-documented across sources.