Papaya Biology, Cultivation, Production and Uses

Descriptors 201 Hermaphrodite flowers only Hermaphrodite flowers and a few pistillate flowers A few hermaphrodite flowers and m ...

202 Papaya Yellow/green and red-purple shades Red purplish (pinkish) Dark red-purple (pink) Other (specify in the notes descrip ...

Descriptors 203 Pear shaped (pyriform) Club Blossom end tapered Acron (heart shaped) Reniform Turbinate inferior Plum shaped Ot ...

204 Papaya Reddish orange Scarlet Other (specify in the notes descriptor, 8) 2.2.14 Tree fruit productivity (kg per annum) Low ...

Descriptors 205 3.11 Watering Irrigated Rainfed 3.12 First harvest date 3.13 Last harvest date in first production year 3.14 La ...

206 Papaya Observe several trees before scoring Sparse (few inflorescences) Intermediate Dense (many inflorescences) 5.2 Inflor ...

Descriptors 207 5.10 Number of flowers per node 5.11 Number of fruits per node 5.12 Uniformity of fruit distribution 0 Not unifo ...

208 Papaya To be measured at the broadest part. Average of five fruits 5.23 Shape of central cavity To be determined as fruit cu ...

Descriptors 209 3- Poor 5- Intermediate 7- Good 9- Excellent 5.31 Se e d 5.31.1 Fresh weight of seeds per fruit (g) Average of f ...

210 Papaya 5.33.2 Leaf protein content (%) Measured as percentage of fresh weight 5.33.3 Leaf mineral content (%) Measured as pe ...

Descriptors 211 7.1. 3 Aphis middletonii Erigeron root aphid Thomas 7.1.4 Aphis spiraecola 7.1. 5 Heteromyzus lactucae L. Sonchu ...

212 Papaya 7.1.47 Tetranychus cinnabarinus carmine mite Boisduval 7.1.4 8 Tetranychus urticae Koch two spotted mite 7.1.49 Hemit ...

Descriptors 213 usually possible until fruit production. Papaya germplasm shows considerable phe- notypic variation for many hor ...

214 Papaya The limited number of papaya varieties available reflects the narrow genetic base of this species. The use of backcro ...

215 Glossary Abortive: Only partially developed, such as incomplete seed or frost-nipped bud. Abscission: The falling of leaf, t ...

216 Glossary The name ‘papaya’ also refers to the fruit of other Carica species, including C. pubescens and C. stipulata, and th ...

Glossary 217 the same species, for example, spinach, hops, hemp, date palm, papaya, pointed gourd, little gourd, asparagus, and ...

218 Glossary Fungicide: A chemical used to kill fungus. Generation: One complete life cycle. The generation begins with the form ...

Glossary 219 Heterozygous: Having unlike alleles at corresponding loci of homologous chromo- somes. An organism may be heterozyg ...

220 Glossary Leaching: The downward movement of nutrients or salts through the soil profile in soil water. Leaching accounts for ...