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Karuparera – a taewa cultivar

Selection of Karuparera cultivars (tubers) with ruler.

Karuparera cultivars have purple skin and yellow eyes and flesh.

Rights: Dr Jaspreet Singh/Riddett Institute

Published: 15 June 2009,Updated: 15 June 2009Size: 100.44 KB

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