Papaya Biology, Cultivation, Production and Uses

Index 261 Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), 46 Indicator plant, 247 Indole-3-butyric acid (IBA), 69, 255 Indole ...

262 Index Medicinal uses (Continued) carpaine, 173 case studies, 181–185 danielone, 169 dengue treatment, 178 diabetic treatment ...

Index 263 cropping systems, 62 flower and stem, 9 food value per 100 g, 7 fruit, 7 fruit marketing, 152 fruit size, 59 in India, ...

264 Index Pollen, 250 as allergen, 175 anther, 243 fertility potential of, 17 for foundation seed, 137 from hermaphrodite steril ...

Index 265 in isolation, 91 method, 89–90 plant type, 89 seed extraction, 91–92 seed non-availability, 95 seed viability, 93–94 s ...

266 Index Unfruitfulness (Continued) water requirement, 137 weed control, 137 Unisexual flowers, 252 V Va r ia nt , 2 52 Vermicu ...

FIGURE 1.2 Major papaya growing countries. (From Encyclopaedia of Life (EOL), 2015, http://eol.org/pages/585682/maps.)) ...

FIGURE 1.5 Mature papaya tree cv., Pusa Dwarf. FIGURE 2.2 Major floral visitors/pollinators of papaya. FIGURE 2.3 V. cauliflora ...

FIGURE 2.4 Papaya (C. papaya) flowers: (a) male flowers, (b) male flower in longitudinal section, (c) female flower, (d) hermaph ...

FIGURE 2.7 Important papaya varieties from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore: (a) CO-1, (b) CO-2, (c) CO-3, (d) CO- ...

FIGURE 4.1 Heavy-bearing papaya needs staking to prevent lodging. FIGURE 4.2 Papaya fruit size: (a) after thinning and (b) witho ...

FIGURE 4.5 Papaya on raised bed with intercrops: (a) turnip, (b) lentil and (c) suran. ...

FIGURE 4.6 Collar rot disease–free papaya on raised bed. ...

FIGURE 5.1 (a) Multiple shoot induction on MS medium with BAP (5 μM) + NAA (0.05 μM), (b) elongation on half MS with 1.5 μM of G ...

FIGURE 5.2 Nursery raising: seed sowing (a), seedlings on raised beds (b) and seedlings in poly tubes (c). FIGURE 6.1 Fertiliser ...

FIGURE 6.2 Bumpy fruits of papaya. FIGURE 6.3 Symptoms of boron toxicity on the leaves. FIGURE 8.1 Traditional method of seed ex ...

FIGURE 9.1 Mealy bug infestation on papaya plants. FIGURE 9.2 (a) Female fruit fly and (b) damaged fruit. (Adapted from Pena, J. ...

FIGURE 9.3 Yellow panel trap for female fruit fly. FIGURE 9.4 Papaya fruit infested with female scale insects. (Adapted from Pen ...

FIGURE 9.6 Snails (a) and crows (b, c) eating seeds and fruits during winter in a papaya orchard. FIGURE 9.7 Symptoms of phytoto ...

FIGURE 10.2 Mosaic symptoms on papaya plant. FIGURE 10.4 (a) Root tip, (b) root rot initial stage and (c) later stage. ...